Mycoplasma Capricolum

Mycoplasma capricolum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Mycoplasmatota
Class:	Mollicutes
Order:	Mycoplasmatales
Family:	Mycoplasmataceae
Genus:	Mycoplasma
Species:	M. capricolum
Binomial name
Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

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] The species requires external sources of cholesterol to grow or survive (which usually comes in the form of a natural fatty acid auxotroph), but the uptaken fatty acid is not used as a substrate for energy production but rather for phospholipid synthesis instead.^[2]

It causes a disease in goats called contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP).^[3]

• 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. PMID 24939895. 

• Mycoplasma capricolum at MicrobeWiki
• Type strain of Mycoplasma capricolum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Wikidata ☰ Q1768284 entry

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