Table 1. Summary of hybridization test results of 44 Mollicutes organisms on two genomic target sites.
Species/Taxon | Type strain | Specific detn. 23S rDNA | Specific detn. tuf gene | Field strains tested | Comment |
A. axanthum | S743 | + | + | 2 | |
A. laidlawii | PG8 | + | + | 5 | |
A. modicum | PG49 | + | + | 2 | |
M. adleri | G145 | + | n.d. | 0 | |
M. agalactiae | PG2 | + | +* | 3 | * M. bovis |
M. alkalescens | PG51 | + | + | 5 | |
M. alvi | ILSLEY | + | + | 3 | |
M. arginini | G230 | +* | +* | 3 | * M.gateae |
M. bovigenitalium | PG11 | + | + | 3 | |
M. bovirhinis | PG43 | + | + | 6 | |
M. bovis | PG45 | + | +* | 24 | * M. agalactiae |
M. bovoculi | M165/69 | + | + | 2 | |
M. californicum | ST-6 | n.d. | + | 2 | |
M. canadense | 275C | n.d. | + | 3 | |
M. canis | PG14 | + | + | 4 | |
M. capricolum subsp. capricolum | California Kid | Mmyc. cluster | Mmyc. cluster | 2 | |
M. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae | F38 | Mmyc. cluster | Mmyc. cluster | 2 | |
M. conjunctivae | HRC581 | + | + | 4 | |
M. dispar | 462/2 | + | + | 4# | #mixed culture |
M. fermentans | PG18 | + | + | 2 | |
M. gallinarum | PG16 | + | + | 3 | |
M. gallisepticum | PG31 | +* | + | 6 | * M.imitans |
M. gateae | CS | n.d. | +* | 0 | * M.arginini |
M. genitalium | G37 | +* | + | 0 | * M.pneumoniae |
M. hominis | PG21 | + | + | 6 | |
M. hyopneumoniae | J | + | + | 1 | |
M. hyorhinis | BTS-7 | n.d. | + | 4 | |
M. imitans | 4229 | + | + | 0 | |
M. iowae | 695 | + | + | 6 | |
M. leachii | PG50 | Mmyc. cluster | Mmyc. cluster | 2 | |
M. meleagridis | N17529 | + | + | 6 | |
M. mycoides subsp. capri | PG3 | Mmyc. cluster | Mmyc. cluster | 2 | |
M. mycoides subsp. mycoides (SC) | PG1 | Mmyc. cluster | Mmyc. cluster | 2 | |
M. orale | CH19299 | + | + | 3 | |
M. ovipneumoniae | Y98 | + | + | 7 | |
M. pneumoniae | FH | +* | + | 1 | * M.genitalium |
M. pulmonis | Ash/PG34 | + | + | 1 | |
M. putrefaciens | KS-1 | + | + | 2 | |
M. salivarium | PG20 | + | + | 0 | |
M. synoviae | WVU1853 | + | + | 3 | |
M. verecundum | 107 | + | + | 0 | |
U. diversum | A417/C (NCTC10182) | n.d. | + | 2 | |
U. parvum | 27 | + | +* | 2 | * U.urealyticum |
U. urealyticum | 960 | + | +* | 2 | * U.parvum |
cross-reaction with related species, n.d. not done (no specific probes identified in that locus).