Mycoplasma capricolum

Species of bacterium

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Mycoplasma capricolum causes caprine pneumonia
2. ^ SETO, S; MURATA, S; MIYATA, M (1997-05-15). "Characterization of gene expression in". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 150 (2): 239–247. doi:10.1016/s0378-1097(97)00121-3. ISSN 0378-1097.
3. ^ 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.

## Further reading[edit]

* 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. PMC 4081110.

## External links[edit]

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

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1768284
* Wikispecies: Mycoplasma capricolum
* BacDive: 136325
* CoL: 6RS8K
* EoL: 8535739
* GBIF: 3226040
* IRMNG: 10033275
* ITIS: 963920
* LPSN: mycoplasma.html#capricolum
* NCBI: 2095

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