| detection of antibodies to a pathogenic mycoplasma in american alligators (alligator mississippiensis), broad-nosed caimans (caiman latirostris), and siamese crocodiles (crocodylus siamensis). | an epidemic of pneumonia with fibrinous polyserositis and multifocal arthritis emerged in captive american alligators (alligator mississippiensis) in florida, united states, in 1995. mycoplasma alligatoris sp. nov. was cultured from multiple organs, peripheral blood, synovial fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid of affected alligators. in a subsequent experimental inoculation study, the henle-koch-evans postulates were fulfilled for m. alligatoris as the etiological agent of fatal mycoplasmosis of all ... | 2001 | 11136785 |