title: Mycoplasma insons sp. nov., a twisted mycoplasma from green iguanas (Iguana iguana).
abstract: Mycoplasma insons sp. nov., first cultured from the choanae and tracheae of healthy green iguanas (Iguana iguana) from El Salvador, was readily distinguished from all previously described mollicutes and assigned to the Mycoplasma fastidiosum phylogenetic cluster by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons. Growth inhibition assays distinguished the isolates serologically from the other two members of that cluster. Many M. insons cells exhibit a remarkable twisted rod morphology despite lacking a cell wall. The organism is nonmotile, produces acid from glucose, but does not hydrolyze arginine, esculin, or urea. Mycoplasma insons 16S rRNA gene was also detected by PCR in packed blood cells from culture-negative iguanas. The type strain I17P1(T) has been deposited with the Mollicutes Collection at Purdue University and with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC BAA-1435) in the USA. A limited number of cultures generated by the authors have also been deposited with the Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, in Sweden (CCUG 53461).
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. mmay@ufl.edu
authors: Meghan
authors: M
authors: May
authors: G Javier
authors: GJ
authors: Ortiz
authors: Lori D
authors: LD
authors: Wendland
authors: David S
authors: DS
authors: Rotstein
authors: Ryan F
authors: RF
authors: Relich
authors: Mitchell F
authors: MF
authors: Balish
authors: Daniel R
authors: DR
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D007076:Iguanas / Q000382:microbiology*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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