title: Colony opacity, hemadsorption, hemolysis, and mitogenicity are not associated with virulence of Mycoplasma pulmonis.
abstract: Colony opacity, hemadsorption and hemolysis of erythrocytes, and the ability of whole mycoplasmal cells to induce a blastogenic response when incubated with C3H/HeN or C57BL/6 mouse lymphocytes were examined for 18 strains of Mycoplasma pulmonis to determine if any of these characteristics could be associated with virulence in vivo. Although there were differences among strains in each of these characteristics, none of these parameters were associated with virulence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lindsey
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Cassell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D006461:Hemolysis; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000166:cytology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity