Mycoplasma iguanae

Mycoplasma iguanae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species: M. iguanae
Binomial name
Mycoplasma iguanae
The green iguana, Iguana iguana

Mycoplasma iguanae is a species of bacteria in the Mycoplasma genus. It is classified in the Bacteria domain, Firmicutes phylum, Mollicutes class, Mycoplasma order, and Mycoplasmataceae family.

It has been recovered from abscesses of the spine of the green iguana, Iguana iguana.[1][2]

References

  1. Brown, D. R. (2006). "Mycoplasma iguanae sp. nov., from a green iguana (Iguana iguana) with vertebral disease". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (4): 761–764. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63852-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  2. Brown, Daniel R.; Wendland, Lori D.; Rotstein, David S. (2007). "MYCOPLASMOSIS IN GREEN IGUANAS (IGUANA IGUANA)". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 38 (2): 348–351. doi:10.1638/1042-7260(2007)038[0348:MIGIII]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1042-7260.


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