Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2004, p. 5909-5912, Vol. 42, No. 12
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5909-5912.2004
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Identification of a Novel Mycoplasma Species from an Oriental White-Backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
J. Lindsay Oaks,1*
Shannon L. Donahoe,1
Fred R. Rurangirwa,1
Bruce A. Rideout,2
Martin Gilbert,3 and
Munir Z. Virani3
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington,1
Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, The Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California,2
The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho3
Received 7 October 2003/
Returned for modification 10 July 2004/
Accepted 31 July 2004
An intracellular organism was isolated from the tissues of an Oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) in chicken embryo fibroblast cell cultures. Biochemical and physical properties, ultrastructural features, and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing classified this organism as a new taxon of mycoplasma, for which the name "Mycoplasma vulturii" is proposed.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Box 647040, Pullman, WA 99164-7040. Phone: (509) 335-6044. Fax: (509) 335-8529. E-mail: loaks{at}vetmed.wsu.edu.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2004, p. 5909-5912, Vol. 42, No. 12
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5909-5912.2004
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