Mycoplasma capricolum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
Class: | Mollicutes |
Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
Genus: | Mycoplasma |
Species: |
M. capricolum
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Binomial name | |
Mycoplasma capricolum Tully et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) |
Mycoplasma capricolum is a species of Mycoplasma bacteria. It is primarily a pathogenofgoats, but has also been found in sheep and cows.[1] The species requires external sources of cholesterol to grow or survive (which usually comes in the form of a natural fatty acid auxotroph), but the uptaken fatty acid is not used as a substrate for energy production but rather for phospholipid synthesis instead.[2]
It causes a disease in goats called contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP).[3]
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