Mycoplasma capricolum

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]

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)

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

References
  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.

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