Mycoplasma agalactiae

Mycoplasma agalactiae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species: M. agalactiae
Binomial name
Mycoplasma agalactiae
(Wroblewski 1931) Freundt 1955
Synonyms
  • Microbe de l'agalaxie contagieuse" Bridré and Donatien 1923 *"Anulomyces agalaxiae" (sic) Wroblewski 1931 *"Borrelomyces agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Turner 1935 *"Capromyces agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Sabin 1941 *"Pleuropneumonia agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Tulasne and Brisou 1955 *"Asterococcus agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Prévot 1961.

Mycoplasma agalactiae is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma. This genus of bacteria lacks a cell wall around their cell membrane.[1] Without a cell wall, they are unaffected by many common antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis. Mycoplasma are the smallest bacterial cells yet discovered,[2] can survive without oxygen and are typically about 0.1  µm in diameter.

It can be present in the milk of sheep and goats and can cause mastitis in the animal.[3][4] At least eleven strains of this species have been characterized.[5] In serious outbreaks with infections with this pathogen, whole herds have been lost.[6]

The type strain is strain PG2 = CIP 59.7 = NCTC 10123.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 409–12. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
  2. ↑ Richard L. Sweet, Ronald S. Gibbs. Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
  3. ↑ Tola, S.; Angioi, A.; Rocchigiani, A. M.; Idini, G.; Manunta, D.; Galleri, G.; Leori, G. (1997). "Detection of Mycoplasma agalactiae in sheep milk samples by polymerase chain reaction". Veterinary Microbiology 54 (1): 17–22. doi:10.1016/S0378-1135(96)01269-2. ISSN 0378-1135.
  4. ↑ Chávez González, Yleana R.; Bascuñana, Carlos Ros; Bölske, Göran; Mattsson, Jens G.; Molina, Carmen Fernández; Johansson, Karl-Erik (1995). "In vitro amplification of the 16S rRNA genes from Mycoplasma bovis and Mycoplasma agalactiae by PCR". Veterinary Microbiology 47 (1-2): 183–190. doi:10.1016/0378-1135(95)00058-I. ISSN 0378-1135.
  5. ↑ Solsona, Michel; Lambert, Maurice; Poumarat, François (1996). "Genomic, protein homogeneity and antigenic variability of Mycoplasma agalactiae". Veterinary Microbiology 50 (1-2): 45–58. doi:10.1016/0378-1135(95)00200-6. ISSN 0378-1135.
  6. ↑ DaMassa, A. J.; Wakenell, P. S.; Brooks, D. L. (1992). "Mycoplasmas of Goats and Sheep". Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 4 (1): 101–113. doi:10.1177/104063879200400126. ISSN 1040-6387.
  7. ↑ Parte, A. C. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, bacterio.net. Retrieved 2015-04-17.

See also

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