Unidad de Epidemiología y Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Mycoplasma Group, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2012 Jun;62(Pt 6):1321-1325. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.033803-0. Epub 2011 Jul 29.
Six strains with the typical characteristics of mycoplasmas were isolated from the tracheae of six Canarian Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus majorensis). The results of biochemical, serological and molecular genetic studies showed that the isolates were nearly identical and that they could be considered as representing a novel species of the genus Mycoplasma. Colonies possessed the typical fried-egg appearance and electron micrographs revealed a pleomorphic cellular morphology with the lack of a cell wall. The isolates hydrolysed arginine and required sterol for growth but did not ferment glucose or hydrolyse urea. We propose that the isolates be assigned to a novel species,Mycoplasma neophronis sp. nov. The type strain is G.A.(T) ( = DSM 24097(T) = ATCC BAA-2157(T)). The antiserum of strain G.A.(T) has been deposited in the Mollicutes collection at Purdue University (Indiana, USA).
从 6 只加那利秃鹫（Neophron percnopterus majorensis）的气管中分离出 6 株具有典型支原体特征的菌株。生化、血清学和分子遗传学研究的结果表明，这些分离株几乎相同，可以被认为代表了支原体属的一个新种。菌落具有典型的煎蛋外观，电子显微镜显示出具有缺乏细胞壁的多形细胞形态。这些分离株水解精氨酸并需要固醇生长，但不发酵葡萄糖或水解尿素。我们建议将这些分离株分配到一个新种，即Neophronis 支原体。模式株为 G.A.(T)（=DSM 24097(T)=ATCC BAA-2157(T)）。菌株 G.A.(T)的抗血清已被保藏在普渡大学（印第安纳州，美国）的软支原体收藏中。
