Mycoplasma capricolum is a species of Mycoplasma bacteria. It is primarily a pathogen of goats, but has also been found in sheep and cows.[1] The species requires external sources of cholesterol to grow or survive (which usually comes in the form of a natural fatty acid auxotroph), but the uptaken fatty acid is not used as a substrate for energy production but rather for phospholipid synthesis instead.[2]
| Mycoplasma capricolum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Mycoplasma |
| Species: | M. capricolum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
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It causes a disease in goats called contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP).[3]
References edit
- ^ Mycoplasma capricolum causes caprine pneumonia
- ^ SETO, S; MURATA, S; MIYATA, M (1997-05-15). "Characterization of gene expression in". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 150 (2): 239–247. doi:10.1016/s0378-1097(97)00121-3. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 9170268.
- ^ Dupuy, V; Verdier, A; Thiaucourt, F; Manso-Silván, L (6 July 2015). "A large-scale genomic approach affords unprecedented resolution for the molecular epidemiology and evolutionary history of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia". Veterinary Research. 46 (1): 74. doi:10.1186/s13567-015-0208-x. PMC 4492101. PMID 26149260.
Further reading edit
- Lartigue, Carole; Lebaudy, Anne; El Yacoubi, Basma; Rose, Simon; Grosjean, Henri; Blanchard, Alain; Douthwaite, Stephen (17 June 2014). "The flavoprotein Mcap0476 (RlmFO) catalyzes m5U1939 modification in Mycoplasma capricolum 23S rRNA". Nucleic Acids Research. 42 (12): 8073–8082. doi:10.1093/nar/gku518. PMC 4081110. PMID 24939895.
External links edit
- Mycoplasma capricolum at MicrobeWiki
- Type strain of Mycoplasma capricolum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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