"Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomacaque" and Bartonella quintana bacteremia in cynomolgus monkeys

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 May;51(5):1408-11. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03019-12. Epub 2013 Feb 13.

Abstract

Here, we report latent infections with Bartonella quintana and a hemotropic Mycoplasma sp. in a research colony of cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). Sequence alignments, evolutionary analysis, and signature nucleotide sequence motifs of the hemotropic Mycoplasma 16S rRNA and RNase P genes indicate the presence of a novel organism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Bacteremia / veterinary*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Bartonella quintana / genetics
  • Base Sequence
  • Macaca fascicularis*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Monkey Diseases / diagnosis
  • Monkey Diseases / microbiology*
  • Mycoplasma / classification*
  • Mycoplasma / genetics
  • Mycoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Mycoplasma Infections / diagnosis
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / veterinary*
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Ribonuclease P / genetics
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Trench Fever / diagnosis
  • Trench Fever / veterinary*

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Ribonuclease P

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC512401