Atypical mycoplasmas from sheep in Great Britain and Australia identified as Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae.
Representative strains of "lacy-colony" mycoplasmas isolated from sheep in Great Britain and Victoria (Australia) were classified as M ovipneumoniae following comparison with strain Y98 of this species. The taxonomic description of M ovipneumoniae is extended and Y98 is proposed as the type strain. A brief description is given of the isolation of M ovipneumoniae from sheep in East Anglia.
D000818:Animals; D001295:Atypical Bacterial Forms / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012661:Semen / Q000382:microbiology; D012756:Sheep / Q000382:microbiology*; D006113:United Kingdom