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The comparison and characterisation of glycolytic mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of sheep No Access

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Nine strains of glycolytic mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of apparently healthy sheep, pneumonic sheep and sheep with pulmonary adenomatosis (SPA) were compared with a Queensland strain (Y98) of . All strains were very similar in their reactions in 14 biochemical tests and in their sensitivities to optochin, digitonin, sodium polyanethol sulphonate, and 11 antibiotics. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and serological cross-reactions by the agar-gel double diffusion, metabolic-inhibition (MI) and growth-inhibition (GI) tests also showed that all strains could be classified as .

The MI and GI tests, however, showed considerable intraspecific differences among strains, with apparent polarisation of SPA strains and non-SPA strains at opposite ends of the antigenic spectrum.

Two representative strains were tested by the MI test against antisera to 39 mycoplasma species or serogroups, with negative results.

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The comparison and characterisation of glycolytic mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of sheep
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