| description and prevalence of mycoplasma ciconiae sp. nov. isolated from white stork nestlings (ciconia ciconia). | the mycoplasma strain st 57t was isolated from the trachea of a clinically healthy, free-ranging white stork nestling in nielitz, mecklenburg-western pomerania, germany. strain st 57t grew in fried-egg-shaped colonies on mycoplasma (sp4) agar plates and was dependent on sterol for growth. the organism fermented glucose and did not hydrolyse arginine or urea. the optimal growth temperature was 37 °c, with a temperature range from 23 to 44 °c. strain st 57tcould not be identified as a representati ... | 2016 | 27266728 |