Penner J D, Jacobson E R, Brown D R, Adams H P, Besch-Williford C L
Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
J Comp Pathol. 1997 Oct;117(3):283-8. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9975(97)80024-2.
Proliferative lymphocytic tracheitis and pneumonia were observed histologically in the respiratory tract of a captive Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus). A mycoplasma species was isolated from the respiratory tissue. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the isolate showed 0.90 similarity to Mycoplasma agassizii, an organism previously shown to cause respiratory disease in reptiles. Based on these findings, a novel Mycoplasma species was suspected to be the causative agent of respiratory disease in this snake.
在一条圈养的缅甸蟒（Python molurus bivittatus）的呼吸道中，组织学观察发现有增生性淋巴细胞性气管炎和肺炎。从呼吸道组织中分离出一种支原体。对分离株的16S rRNA基因序列进行聚合酶链反应分析，结果显示其与阿加西支原体（Mycoplasma agassizii）的相似度为0.90，阿加西支原体是一种先前已被证明可导致爬行动物呼吸道疾病的病原体。基于这些发现，怀疑一种新型支原体是这条蛇呼吸道疾病的病原体。
