title: 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum', a novel small haemotropic mycoplasma from a dog.
abstract: A novel small haemoplasma was detected following cytological examination of blood smears from a splenectomized dog with haemic neoplasia. The 16S rRNA and rnpB genes of the organism were partially sequenced and a phylogenetic tree constructed. The organism was most closely related to the small feline haemoplasma, 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' (94 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity; 75 % rnpB) and was only distantly related to Mycoplasma haemocanis (78 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity; 65 % rnpB). As this organism has not been cultured in vitro, the candidate species name 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum' is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Bailiff
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit