Content deleted Content added
Ozzie10aaaa (talk | contribs) m Cleaned up using AutoEd |
Ozzie10aaaa (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
Line 8:
}}
'''''Mycoplasma agalactiae ''''' is a [[species]] of [[bacteria]] in the genus ''[[Mycoplasma]]''. This [[genus]] of [[bacteria]] lacks a [[cell wall]] around their [[cell membrane]].<ref name=Sherris>{{cite book | author = Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | pages=409–12 |edition = 4th | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-0-8385-8529-0}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite book|title=Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract |url=https://archive.org/details/infectiousdiseas00swee |url-access=registration | publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009| author = Richard L. Sweet, Ronald S. Gibbs}}</ref> can survive without oxygen and are typically about 0.1 [[µm]] in diameter.{{cn}}
It can be present in the [[milk]] of [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s and can cause [[mastitis]] in the animal.<ref name="TolaAngioi1997">{{cite journal|last1=Tola|first1=S.|last2=Angioi|first2=A.|last3=Rocchigiani|first3=A. M.|last4=Idini|first4=G.|last5=Manunta|first5=D.|last6=Galleri|first6=G.|last7=Leori|first7=G.|title=Detection of Mycoplasma agalactiae in sheep milk samples by polymerase chain reaction|journal=Veterinary Microbiology|volume=54|issue=1|year=1997|pages=17–22|issn=0378-1135|doi=10.1016/S0378-1135(96)01269-2|pmid=9050167}}</ref><ref name="Chávez GonzálezBascuñana1995">{{cite journal|last1=Chávez González|first1=Yleana R.|last2=Bascuñana|first2=Carlos Ros|last3=Bölske|first3=Göran|last4=Mattsson|first4=Jens G.|last5=Molina|first5=Carmen Fernández|last6=Johansson|first6=Karl-Erik|title=In vitro amplification of the 16S rRNA genes from Mycoplasma bovis and Mycoplasma agalactiae by PCR|journal=Veterinary Microbiology|volume=47|issue=1–2|year=1995|pages=183–190|issn=0378-1135|doi=10.1016/0378-1135(95)00058-I|pmid=8604550}}</ref> At least eleven strains of this species have been characterized.<ref name="SolsonaLambert1996">{{cite journal|last1=Solsona|first1=Michel|last2=Lambert|first2=Maurice|last3=Poumarat|first3=François|title=Genomic, protein homogeneity and antigenic variability of Mycoplasma agalactiae|journal=Veterinary Microbiology|volume=50|issue=1–2|year=1996|pages=45–58|issn=0378-1135|doi=10.1016/0378-1135(95)00200-6|pmid=8810007}}</ref> In serious outbreaks with infections with this pathogen, whole herds have been lost.<ref name="DaMassaWakenell1992">{{cite journal|last1=DaMassa|first1=A. J.|last2=Wakenell|first2=P. S.|last3=Brooks|first3=D. L.|title=Mycoplasmas of Goats and Sheep|journal=Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation|volume=4|issue=1|year=1992|pages=101–113|issn=1040-6387|doi=10.1177/104063879200400126|pmid=1554763|doi-access=free}}</ref>
| |||