title: Detection of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides by growth-inhibition using monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: A pool of three monoclonal antibodies, 3H12, 6D11 and 2A3, inhibited the in vitro growth of 12 Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (MmmSC) strains and seven Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides large colony (MmmLC) strains. This test did not cross-react with other 16 Mycoplasma mycoides cluster and nine non-Mycoplasma mycoides cluster strains representing 13 different species. Although MmmSC was not differentiated from MmmLC, the monoclonal antibodies distinguished both M mycoides subspecies mycoides biotypes from the other Mycoplasma species tested in contrast to results with polyclonal antisera.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006041:Goats; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D009176:Mycoplasma mycoides / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007106:Immune Sera