@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02989-0, author = "Sykes, Jane E. and Ball, Louise M. and Bailiff, Nathan L. and Fry, Michael M.", title = "‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’, a novel small haemotropic mycoplasma from a dog", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2005", volume = "55", number = "1", pages = "27-30", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02989-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02989-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A novel small haemoplasma was detected following cytological examination of blood smears from a splenectomized dog with haemic neoplasia. The 16S rRNA and rnpB genes of the organism were partially sequenced and a phylogenetic tree constructed. The organism was most closely related to the small feline haemoplasma, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ (94 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity; 75 % rnpB) and was only distantly related to Mycoplasma haemocanis (78 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity; 65 % rnpB). As this organism has not been cultured in vitro, the candidate species name ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’ is proposed.", }