Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Mycoplasma Species Identified from the Respiratory Tract of an Alaska Moose (Alces alces gigas)

David R Herndon; Kimberlee B Beckmen; Margaret A Highland

doi:10.1128/MRA.01371-20

Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Mycoplasma Species Identified from the Respiratory Tract of an Alaska Moose (Alces alces gigas)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Feb 25;10(8):e01371-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01371-20.

Authors

David R Herndon¹, Kimberlee B Beckmen², Margaret A Highland^{3

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Affiliations

¹ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Animal Disease Research Unit, Pullman, Washington, USA david.herndon@usda.gov.
² Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
³ Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.

Abstract

The mycoplasmas represent a large and diverse group of bacteria, many of which are pathogens of humans and animals. Here, we describe a draft genome sequence of a novel Mycoplasma species. This novel Mycoplasma species has potential to cause false-positive PCR results for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a respiratory-associated pathogen of ruminants.