Abstract
Mycoplasma strains (B1, B2, CS, and S1A) were isolated from the saliva of normal cats. These were compared with a strain (CO) isolated from the eye of a cat with severe conjunctivitis. On the basis of morphology, biochemical reactions, and antigenic composition, two distinct species were recognizable. Strains CO, B1, and B2 were antigenically unrelated to the other species tested; strains CS and S1A possessed antigenic components in common with Mycoplasma arthritidis, M. salivarium, M. hominis, type 1, and M. orale, types 1 and 2. It was tentatively suggested that the two cat species be called M. felis and M. gateae, respectively.
MeSH Terms
Animals
Antigens/analysis
Cats
Chloramphenicol/pharmacology
Complement Fixation Tests
Conjunctivitis/microbiology
Dihydrostreptomycin Sulfate/pharmacology
Erythromycin/pharmacology
Hemolysis
Immune Sera/pharmacology
Immunodiffusion
Lincomycin/pharmacology
Mycoplasma/classification,drug effects,growth & development,isolation & purification,metabolism,pathogenicity
Neomycin/pharmacology
Novobiocin/pharmacology
Rats
Saliva/microbiology
Tetracycline/pharmacology
Chemicals
Antigens
Immune Sera
Novobiocin
Erythromycin
Chloramphenicol
Lincomycin
Tetracycline
Neomycin
Dihydrostreptomycin Sulfate
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Cole B C
Golightly L
Ward J R
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