Identification of a novel mycoplasma species from an Oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis).

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Oaks JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC535302 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature