| mycoplasma iguanae sp. nov., from a green iguana (iguana iguana) with vertebral disease. | strain 2327t, first cultured from vertebral abscesses of green iguanas (iguana iguana) collected in florida, usa, was readily distinguished from all previously described mollicutes by 16s rrna gene sequence comparisons. strain 2327t lacks a cell wall, ferments glucose, does not hydrolyse arginine, aesculin or urea and is sensitive to digitonin. western blots distinguished the novel isolate serologically from the most closely related members of the mycoplasma neurolyticum cluster. on the basis of ... | 2006 | 16585690 |
| in vitro antibiotic susceptibility of mycoplasma iguanae proposed sp. nov. isolated from vertebral lesions of green iguanas (iguana iguana). | mycoplasma iguanae proposed species nova was isolated from vertebral abscesses of two feral iguanas (iguana iguana) from florida. three strains were evaluated for sensitivity to a variety of antibiotics. the minimum inhibitory concentrations for m. iguanae, assessed by broth dilution methods, of clindamycin, doxycycline, enrofloxacin, oxytetracycline, and tylosin (all <1 microg/ml) were lower than those of chloramphenicol (32 micro/ml) and erythromycin (64 microg/ml). the profile was identical t ... | 2006 | 17312804 |
| mycoplasmosis in green iguanas (iguana iguana). | mycoplasma iguanae was the suspected etiology of spinal disease in feral iguanas (iguana iguana) from florida. in an experimental infection study, juvenile iguanas were inoculated with m. iguanae intravenously or by instillation into the nares. blood samples obtained at intervals postinoculation were all culture negative for mycoplasma. gross anatomic and histologic findings at necropsy 12 wk postinoculation were unremarkable. mycoplasmas were cultured in high numbers from the posterior choanae ... | 2007 | 17679524 |