Acholeplasma parvum

(Atobe et al., 1983)

Etymology

Gr. pref. a – not, without, Gr. n. chole – bile, Gr. neut. n. plasma – anything formed, N.L. neut. n. Acholeplasma – a form for which cholesterol (a constituent of bile) is not required for growth; L. neut. adj. parvum – small

Taxonomy

Acholeplasmatales – Acholeplasmataceae – Acholeplasma – Acholeplasma parvum, related to Acholeplasma palmae (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity – 94.54%) (Fig. 1)

Type strain

H23M^T (horse, Japan, ≤1983), (Fig. 2, 16S rRNA gene sequence)

Genomes

no genome published (per 11/05/2024)

Cell morphology

spherical – coccoid

Colony morphology

fried egg morphology

Metabolism

fermentation of glucose; non-arginine-hydrolyzing, non-urea-hydrolyzing; non-sterol requiring; temperature optimum for growth is 33°C

Host

horse

Habitat

mouth

Disease(s)

unknown, considered to be a commensal

Pathogenicity

factors unknown

Epidemiology

unknown

Diagnosis

cultivation and species identification by MALDI-ToF MS or genetically

Fig. 1. Maximum likelihood tree showing the phylogenetic position of Acholeplasma parvum H23M^T within genus Acholeplasma based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. The sequence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae J^T was used as out-group (Hyopneumoniae cluster). Numbers at nodes represent bootstrap confidence values (1000 replications). Only values > 80% are shown. Bar, number of substitutions per nucleotide position. Credits: Joachim Spergser (Vetmeduni Vienna)

>Acholeplasma parvum H23M^T

CTGGCGGCGTGCCTAATACATGCAAGTCGTACGAGAGTGCTTGCACTCTAGTGGCGAACGGGTGAGTAACACGTAGGTAACCTACCCCTAAGACGAGGATAACAGTTGGAAACGACTGCTAAGACTGGATAGTAGTAGAGAAGGCATCTTCTCTACTTTAAAAGACCTTCGGGTCTGCTTAGGGAGGGGCCTGCGGCGCATTAGTTAGTTGGTGAGGTAACGGCTCACCAAGACGATGATGCGTAGCCGGACTGAGAGGTTGAACGGCCACACTGGGACTGAGACACGGCCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTAGGGAATTTTCGGCAATGGGGGCAACCCTGACCGAGCAACGCCGCGTGAATGAAGAAGTACTTCGGTACGTAAAATTCTTTTATTAGGGAAGAATGGCTATTGTAGGAAATGACAGTAGAATGACGGTACCTAATGAATAAGCCCCGGCTAACTATGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACATAGGGGGCGAGCGTTATCCGGAATTATTGGGCGTAAAGGGTGCGTAGGCGGCCATTTAAGTCTGGGGTGTAAGTGCAGTGCTCAACGCTGTGATGCTCTGGAAACTGGATGGCTAGAGTTAGATAGAGGCAAGTGGAATTCCATGTGTAGCGGTAAAATGCGTAAATATATGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTGCTGGGTCTACACTGACGCTGAGGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAGTACTAAGTGTTGGAGAAATTCAGTGCTGAAGTTAACGCAGTAAGTACTCCGCCTGAGTAGTACGTACGCAAGTATGAAACTTAAAGGAATTGACGGGACCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGATCATGTTGTTTAATTCGAGGATACGCGAAAAACCTTACCAGGTCTTGACATACTCTGCAAAGGCTTAGAAATAAGTTCGGAGGTTAACAGAGATACAGGTGGTGCATGGTTGTCKTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTGTCACTAGTTGCCATCATTAAGTTGGGGACTCTAGTGAGACTGCCAGTGATAAACTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAATCATCATGCCCCTTATGACCTGGGCTACAAACGTGATACAATGGCTGAAACAAAAGGAAGCTAAGCAGTGATGTGGAGCGAAACCTATAAAAGCAGTCTCAGTTCGGATTGAAGTCTGCAACTCGACTTCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGCGAATCAGAATGTCGCGGTGAATACGTTCTCGGGGTTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCAAACCACGAAAGTCAGCAATGCCCAAAGCCGGTGGCCTAACCGTAAGGAGGGAGCCGTTTAAGGTAGGGTTGAT

Fig. 2. 16S rRNA gene sequence of Acholeplasma parvum H23M^T(Accession number: NR_042961)