title: Further evidence to justify reassignment of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides Large Colony type to Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies capri.
abstract: Analysis, using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), restriction enzyme endonuclease analysis (REA), protein profile patterns, random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and antisera growth inhibition tests, of 22 strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Large Colony type (MmmLC) and eight strains of M. mycoides subsp. capri (Mmc) are presented, along with a summary of comparative data from the literature for over 100 strains, all of which supports the reclassification of the MmmLC and Mmc strains into the single subspecies, M. mycoides subspecies capri.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, King's College London, Franklin Wilkins Building, London SE1 9NH, UK.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahram
authors.forename: Robin A J
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.forename: Ann P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Donovan P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D009176:Mycoplasma mycoides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S