Detection and Characterization of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Bats in Chile

J Wildl Dis. 2019 Oct;55(4):977-981. Epub 2019 Apr 22.

Abstract

Hemoplasma DNA was found in 22% (12/55) of samples from six bat species in Chile, including one of three big-eared brown bats (Histiotus macrotus), one of three small big-eared brown bats (Histiotus montanus), and 10 of 27 Chilean myotis (Myotis chiloensis). Characterization of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene identified three genotypes phylogenetically related to other bat, rodent, and human hemoplasmas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chile / epidemiology
  • Chiroptera / microbiology*
  • Mycoplasma / classification
  • Mycoplasma / genetics
  • Mycoplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Mycoplasma Infections / epidemiology
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
  • Mycoplasma Infections / veterinary*
  • Phylogeny