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
Further reading
- 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. PMID 24939895.
External links
- Mycoplasma capricolum at MicrobeWiki
- Type strain of Mycoplasma capricolum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase