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.
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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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Parte, A. C. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, bacterio.net. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
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