Mycoplasma capricolum

Mycoplasma capricolum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Firmicutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species: M. capricolum
Binomial name
Mycoplasma capricolum

Mycoplasma capricolum is a species of Mycoplasma bacteria. It is primarily a pathogen of goats, but has also been found in sheep and cows.[1]

It causes a disease in goats called contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mycoplasma capricolum causes caprine pneumonia
  2. ↑ Dupuy, V; Verdier, A; Thiaucourt, F; Manso-Silván, L (6 July 2015). "A large-scale genomic approach affords unprecedented resolution for the molecular epidemiology and evolutionary history of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia". Veterinary research. 46: 74. doi:10.1186/s13567-015-0208-x. PMC 4492101. PMID 26149260. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

Further reading

Lartigue, Carole; Lebaudy, Anne; El Yacoubi, Basma; Rose, Simon; Grosjean, Henri; Blanchard, Alain; Douthwaite, Stephen (17 June 2014). "The flavoprotein Mcap0476 (RlmFO) catalyzes m5U1939 modification in Mycoplasma capricolum 23S rRNA". Nucleic Acids Research. 42 (12): 8073–8082. doi:10.1093/nar/gku518.


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