title: Electrophoretic characterization of bovine mycoplasma and acholeplasma reference strains.
abstract: Phenol-acetic acid-water extracts of 13 recognized mycoplasma and acholeplasma reference strains of bovine habitat were subjected to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A characteristic electrophoretic profile was obtained for each strain and the relative mobility (Rm) values of the major protein fractions were determined. All examined strains had a common protein band of 33.3 Rm value. Comparison of electrophoretic patterns obtained from different reference strains revealed 2 to 7 protein bands with the same Rm values in a number of strains. A possible correlation with antigenic relatedness is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000127:Acholeplasma / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000662:veterinary; D009180:Mycoplasmatales Infections / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins