Kirchhoff H, Mohan K, Schmidt R, Runge M, Brown D R, Brown M B, Foggin C M, Muvavarirwa P, Lehmann H, Flossdorf J
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1997 Jul;47(3):742-6. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-3-742.
Organisms with the typical characteristics of mycoplasmas were isolated from joints and lungs of crocodiles. The results of growth inhibition tests and immunobinding assays showed that the 24 mycoplasma strains isolated were identical and distinct from previously described Mycoplasma, Entomoplasma, Mesoplasma, and Acholeplasma species. These organisms represent a new species, for which the name Mycoplasma crocodyli is proposed. M. crocodyli ferments glucose and maltose, does not produce films and spots, does not hydrolyze arginine, esculin, and urea, reduces tetrazolium chloride, and possesses phosphatase activity. It lyses and adsorbs bovine, ovine, and rabbit erythrocytes. Cholesterol or serum is required for growth. The optimum growth temperature is 37 degrees C. The G + C content of the DNA is 27.6 mol%. This organism causes exudative polyarthritis in crocodiles. The type strain of M. crocodyli is strain MP145 (= ATCC 51981).
从鳄鱼的关节和肺部分离出具有支原体典型特征的生物体。生长抑制试验和免疫结合试验结果表明，分离出的24株支原体菌株相同，且与先前描述的支原体、昆虫支原体、中支原体和无胆甾原体物种不同。这些生物体代表一个新物种，为此提出了“鳄鱼支原体”这一名称。鳄鱼支原体发酵葡萄糖和麦芽糖，不产生菌膜和菌斑，不水解精氨酸、七叶苷和尿素，能还原氯化四氮唑，并具有磷酸酶活性。它能裂解和吸附牛、羊和兔的红细胞。生长需要胆固醇或血清。最适生长温度为37℃。DNA的G + C含量为27.6 mol%。这种生物体可导致鳄鱼发生渗出性多关节炎。鳄鱼支原体的模式菌株是MP145菌株（= ATCC 51981）。
