| atypical mycoplasmas from sheep in great britain and australia identified as mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. | representative strains of "lacy-colony" mycoplasmas isolated from sheep in great britain and victoria (australia) were classified as m ovipneumoniae following comparison with strain y98 of this species. the taxonomic description of m ovipneumoniae is extended and y98 is proposed as the type strain. a brief description is given of the isolation of m ovipneumoniae from sheep in east anglia. | 1976 | 936439 |