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To investigate the heterogeneity of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, sixty isolates from three sheep on each of twenty farms were examined by restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) and SDS-PAGE. All were found to be different except for three isolates obtained from one farm. The protein and REA patterns of individual isolates were both highly reproducible and remained unchanged following long term passage (approximately 400 generations) in vitro. No plasmids were detected in the twelve strains which were examined and when two isolates were co-cultured in vitro, no genetic interchange, as judged by changes in REA patterns were detected. Since the heterogeneity of M. ovipneumoniae when examined by SDS-PAGE is too great to allow groups to be recognised, it could be advantageous for this purpose if only surface proteins were compared. As a preliminary step to this end we have identified several surface proteins of M. ovipneumoniae and found that some are common to all strains, one surface protein was shared by five of the eight strains examined and another was unique to one strain. This approach has the potential to allow the recognition of grouping of M. ovipneumoniae isolates.
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PMID:A study of the heterogeneity of isolates of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae from sheep in New Zealand. 177 56

The heterogeneity of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae isolates from the lungs of sheep with chronic non-progressive pneumonia (CNP) from the same flock raised the possibility that multiple isolates derived from one lung were not all identical. To test this hypothesis, thirty isolates were obtained from each of six pneumonic sheep lungs at slaughter. Four lungs had relatively severe lesions and from each of these, three or four strains of M. ovipneumonia, distinguishable by REA and in most cases by SDS-PAGE, were detected. From the lungs of each of two sheep with mild lesions, two strains of M. ovipneumoniae were detected. Four isolates from one lung were further examined by restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) using many restriction endonucleases. Those which differed with EcoRI also differed when other restriction endonucleases were used. However, partial digests occurred mainly with those restriction endonucleases which recognise cytosine-rich sequences. The presence of multiple strains of one species of microorganism in individual lesions is an unusual concept which may not be limited to one disease or to one host.
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PMID:The isolation of multiple strains of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae from individual pneumonic sheep lungs. 177 57

A mycoplasma previously identified in the tissues of both AIDS and non-AIDS patients dying of an acute fatal disease was earlier shown to share some biologic and genetic properties with a strain of Mycoplasma fermentans, an organism occurring infrequently in the human lower urogenital tract. More extensive genetic and serologic comparisons using DNA/DNA hybridization, DNA base composition (guanine + cytosine), restriction endonuclease DNA analysis, cellular protein patterns and metabolism inhibition serologic procedures confirm that the organism previously designated as "Mycoplasma incognitus" (Mi) is indeed very closely related to strains of M. fermentans. While the genetic and serologic features observed among the newly isolated mycoplasma and two M. fermentans strains suggest a species relationship, it now seems useful to re-examine the biological activities of other freshly isolated M. fermentans strains from man.
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PMID:Genetic and serologic relatedness between Mycoplasma fermentans strains and a mycoplasma recently identified in tissues of AIDS and non-AIDS patients. 197 57

Field inversion gel electrophoresis was used for analysis of the chromosome of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The restriction endonuclease SfiI (5'-GGCCNNNNNGGCC-3') generated 2 M. pneumoniae DNA fragments of approximately 437 and 357.5 kilobase pairs (kbp), whereas 13 restriction fragments ranging in size from 2.4 to 252.0 kbp resulted from digestion with ApaI (5'-GGGCCC-3'). Totaling the sizes of the individual restriction fragments from digestion with SfiI or ApaI yielded a genome size of 794.5 or 775.4 kbp, respectively. A physical map of the M. pneumoniae chromosome was constructed by using a combination of techniques that included analysis by sequential or partial restriction endonuclease digestions and use as hybridization probes of cloned M. pneumoniae DNA containing ApaI sites and hence overlapping adjacent ApaI fragments. Genetic loci for deoC, rrn, hmw3, and the P1 gene were identified by using cloned DNA to probe ApaI restriction fragment profiles.
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PMID:Physical analysis and mapping of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae chromosome. 211 2

Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) isolates were obtained from three multiple-age commercial layer farms on which live F strain vaccine had been administered to each replacement flock for at least 2 years. All such isolates had restriction endonuclease DNA and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein patterns characteristic of F strain. These cultures also hybridized in dot blot assays with both the MG strain-specific and species-specific DNA probes. In contrast, the original MG isolate that came from one of the farms before vaccination began clearly was not F strain. These results suggest that continuous use of live F strain vaccine in each replacement pullet flock on multiple-age commercial layer sites will result in displacement of the original field strain of MG with the vaccine strain.
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PMID:Fingerprinting of Mycoplasma gallisepticum strains isolated from multiple-age layers vaccinated with live F strain. 217 79

A method is described for the rapid isolation of chromosomal deoxyribonucleic acid from species of the genus Mycoplasma. The method involves incubation of washed cells at elevated temperature in the presence of an ionic detergent, chelating agents, and proteinase K prior to the removal of residual protein and ribonucleic acid with ribonuclease and chloroform. It results in a good yield of high molecular weight material that is shown to be free of endogenous nuclease and substantially free of protein or ribonucleic acid contamination without the use of phenol. The isolated DNA is shown to be an excellent substrate for restriction endonuclease digestion and ligation with T4 DNA ligase.
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PMID:An improved method for the rapid isolation of chromosomal DNA from Mycoplasma spp. 218 71

A diverse group of Mycoplasma synoviae strains from various hosts, pathological processes, and geographic areas collected over about 25 years were analyzed by restriction endonuclease analysis. The results suggest that restriction endonuclease analysis of M. synoviae strains may be a useful strain identification tool to study epidemiological problems.
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PMID:Restriction endonuclease analysis of Mycoplasma synoviae strains. 224 89

Pleuropneumonia is an important disease of swine caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Putative virulence determinants include capsule, lipopolysaccharide, and cytotoxin. We studied the virulence and virulence determinants of 2 strains: CM5 and CM5A of serotype 1. Strain CM5 was isolated from a pig with pleuropneumonia and passaged once in vitro; strain CM5A was a substrain of CM5 passaged 70 times in vitro. Pigs challenge exposed to an aerosol of 1.3 x 10(7) colony-forming units of CM5/ml died within 30 hours; pigs challenge exposed to an aerosol of 1.6 x 10(8) colony-forming units of CM5A/ml survived. The average thickness of the capsular layer was 137 nm in strain CM5 and 53 nm in strain CM5A in bacteria treated with homologous antibody and examined by transmission electron microscopy. Similarly, capsular material binding polycationic ferritin was found in colonies of strain CM5, but not in strain CM5A. The ratio of hexosamine to protein in extracted capsule of CM5 was more than twice that of CM5A. The polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic profile of the lipopolysaccharide, outer membrane proteins, and whole cell proteins did not differ between the 2 strains. Also, the amount of cytotoxin or endotoxin produced by the 2 strains during the logarithmic growth phase was not different. The electrophoretic profile of restriction endonuclease digested DNA was similar, with the exception of bands in the 750- and 620-basepair regions. It was concluded that attenuation of strain CM5A during in vitro passage was a result of reduced capsule production and that encapsulation is an important virulence determinant of A pleuropneumoniae, serotype 1.
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PMID:Characterization of an attenuated strain of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, serotype 1. 233 67

DNAs from 14 strains of Mycoplasma hominis isolated from various habitats, including strain PG21, were analyzed for genomic heterogeneity. DNA-DNA filter hybridization values were from 51 to 91%. Restriction endonuclease digestion patterns, analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis, revealed no identity or cluster formation between strains. Variation within M. hominis rRNA genes was analyzed by Southern hybridization of EcoRI-cleaved DNA hybridized with a cloned fragment of the rRNA gene from the mycoplasma strain PG50. Five of the M. hominis strains showed identical hybridization patterns. These hybridization patterns were compared with those of 12 other mycoplasma species, which showed a much more complex band pattern. Cloned nonribosomal RNA gene fragments of M. hominis PG21 DNA were analyzed, and the fragments were used to demonstrate heterogeneity among the strains. A monoclonal antibody against strain PG21 was produced. The possible presence of the corresponding antigenic epitope in the other 13 M. hominis strains was analyzed by immunoblotting and compared with results of immunoblotting using polyclonal antibodies against PG21.
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PMID:Genomic and gene variation in Mycoplasma hominis strains. 244 64

Strains of Mycoplasma iowae were homogeneous in some characteristics and heterogeneous in others. Thus, the biochemical tests, immunofluorescence, and protein profiling by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were group-specific tests. However, some minor differences in protein patterns were seen among strains. The growth inhibition test tended to be strain-specific. Hemagglutination titers were very low and unstable for the majority of strains. One strain (RY-65) with a stable high-titer hemagglutinin failed to react in the hemagglutination-inhibition test against immune sera to the reference strains. Restriction endonuclease DNA analyses was the most useful method to differentiate 1 strain from another.
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PMID:Heterogeneity of Mycoplasma iowae determined by restriction enzyme analysis. 248 35


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