Detection of feline haemoplasma species in experimental infections by in-situ hybridisation.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to use fluorescence in-situ hybridisation (FISH) to search for the tissues and cell types important in survival and persistence of Mycoplasma haemofelis, "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum" or "Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis" in infected cats. A 16S rDNA probe for each species was applied to formalin-fixed, paraffin wax-embedded tissues sections collected from experimentally infected cats. Tissues (n = 12) were collected, at necropsy, from ten cats which had been infected with M. haemofelis, and one each with "Ca. M. haemominutum" and "Ca. M. turicensis". M. haemofelis specific hybridisation was present on red blood cells (RBCs) in all tissues from acutely infected cats, but not the majority of tissues from chronically infected cats. "Ca. M. haemominutum" speci

SUBMITTER: Peters IR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3032890 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature