Sykes, Jane E.


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Detection of Mixed Infections with “Candidatus Mycoplasma Haemominutum” and Mycoplasma Haemofelis Using Real-Time TaqMan Polymerase Chain Reaction

Citation
Sykes et al. (2007). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 19 (3)
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of real-time TaqMan PCR assays for detection of coinfections with “ Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum” (Mhm), and Mycoplasma haemofelis (Mhf), in vitro and over time in experimentally infected cats. First, the ability of each real-time PCR assay to detect and quantify mixed infections was determined in vitro by testing mixtures of plasmids containing Mhm and Mhf 16S rDNA with each assay. Subsequently, 4 specific pathogen-free (SPF) cats, 2 of

‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’, a novel small haemotropic mycoplasma from a dog

Citation
Sykes et al. (2005). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55 (1)
Names
Ca. Mycoplasma haematoparvum
Abstract
A novel small haemoplasma was detected following cytological examination of blood smears from a splenectomized dog with haemic neoplasia. The 16S rRNA and rnpB genes of the organism were partially sequenced and a phylogenetic tree constructed. The organism was most closely related to the small feline haemoplasma, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ (94 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity; 75 % rnpB) and was only distantly related to Mycoplasma haemocanis (78 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide