Identification of three novel mycoplasma species from ostriches in South Africa

Mycoplasmas have been implicated in certain clinical syndromes in ostriches and are associated with upper respiratory tract infections. As these infections result in production losses, they are of considerable economic importance to the South African ostrich industry. Although poultry mycoplasmas ha...

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Published in:	Veterinary microbiology Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 159 - 169
Main Authors:	Botes, A., Peyrot, B.M., Olivier, A.J., Burger, W.P., Bellstedt, D.U.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 20.12.2005 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Animals Bacteriology Base Sequence Biological and medical sciences bird diseases Bird Diseases - epidemiology Bird Diseases - microbiology Bird Diseases - transmission chickens Chickens - microbiology disease detection disease diagnosis disease transmission DNA, Bacterial - analysis DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gene Amplification Male Microbiology Miscellaneous Molecular Sequence Data Mycoplasma Mycoplasma - classification Mycoplasma - isolation & purification Mycoplasma Infections - epidemiology Mycoplasma Infections - microbiology Mycoplasma Infections - transmission Mycoplasma Infections - veterinary mycoplasmosis nucleotide sequences Ostrich Ostrich disease ostriches pathogen identification Phylogeny respiratory tract diseases RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - chemistry RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics Sequence Alignment - veterinary South Africa South Africa - epidemiology Species Specificity Specific PCR Struthioniformes - microbiology South Africa Africa Ostrich disease Mycoplasma Ostrich Specific PCR Mollicutes Polymerase chain reaction Mycoplasmatales Microbiology Bacteria Identification Veterinary Mycoplasmataceae
ISSN:	0378-1135, 1873-2542
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