Biological and serological comparison of two embryo-lethal mycoplasmas isolated from turkeys.
Two uncharacterised, independently isolated, embryo-lethal mycoplasmas obtained from turkeys and designated W8 and CT were compared with each other and with a third, culturally similar, embryo-lethal turkey mycoplasma, Iowa 695, by cultural and serological methods. The three mycoplasma isolates were serologically distinct and CT could be differentiated from W8 by its ability to reduce 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride under aerobic conditions.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D003470:Culture Media; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology; D014422:Turkeys / Q000382:microbiology*
D003470:Culture Media