Candidatus Mycoplasma erythrocervae
(Watanabe et al., 2010)
Etymology
Gr. n. mukes – fungus, Gr. neut. n. plasma – formed, N.L. neut. n. Mycoplasma – fungus form; etymology of epithet not provided
Taxonomy
Mycoplasmatales – Mycoplasmataceae – Mycoplasma – Candidatus Mycoplasma erythrocervae (Hemoplasma cluster, Eperythrozoon subcluster), related to Mycoplasma ovis (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity – 96.22%) (Fig. 1)
Type strain
not available, not cultivated in/on cell free media (Fig. 2, 16S rRNA gene sequence of isolate Sika 99)
Genomes
no genome published (per 11/05/2024)
Cell morphology
spherical – coccoid
Colony morphology
not cultivated on a cell free medium
Metabolism
not assessed
Host
Sika deer (Cervus nippon)
Habitat
blood
Disease(s)
unknown
Pathogenicity
factors unknown
Epidemiology
unknown, once detected in 13 Sika deer in Japan
Diagnosis
PCR
Fig. 1. Maximum likelihood tree showing the phylogenetic position of Candidatus Mycoplasma erythrocervae isolate Sika 99 within the Hemoplasma cluster of Mycoplasmataceae based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. The sequence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae JT 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)