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Pérez Márquez VM, Ochoa JL, Cruz CV, Alonso PS, Olmedo-Alvarez G, Vaca S, Abascal EN. Isolation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae from layer hens showing clinical signs of infectious coryza. Avian Dis 2015; 58:638-41. [PMID: 25619011 DOI: 10.1637/10798-021314-case.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the causal agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, which is a highly contagious respiratory disease that affects swine nearly exclusively. An isolate with characteristics of some Pasteurellaceae family members (Gram-negative bacterium, pleomorphic, and NAD-dependent) was isolated from layer hens showing clinical signs of infectious coryza. This bacterium presented hemolysis on rabbit red blood cell agar plates, and PCR amplification and sequencing of its 16S rDNA gene indicated 99% identity with A. pleuropneumoniae serotypes 3 and 7. The presence of a putative apxIIA gene was also determined by PCR. A single, smooth colony of this bacterium inoculated in five, 7-day-old chicken embryos via the yolk sac route induced 100% mortality. However, inoculation into 10-wk-old, specific-pathogen-free chickens induced only light facial swelling, and reisolation of the inoculated bacterium was negative.
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Béjaoui Khiari A, Landoulsi A, Aissa H, Mlik B, Amouna F, Ejlassi A, Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi B. Isolation of Mycoplasma meleagridis from chickens. Avian Dis 2011; 55:8-12. [PMID: 21500629 DOI: 10.1637/9365-041310-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Mycoplasma meleagridis (MM) is a major cause of disease and economic loss in turkeys. Formerly it was thought that this species was very host specific and only restricted to turkey. In this study, we report on the recovery of MM from breeding flocks of chickens located near a turkey breeding unit. Ten MM field strains were isolated (by culture on Frey broth medium) from tracheal swabs of chickens displaying clinical signs of mycoplasmosis-essentially respiratory symptoms and poor performance. Assignment of the isolated field strains to MM was confirmed by a growth inhibition assay using MM-specific polyclonal antiserum and by PCR amplification targeting the 16S rRNA sequence as well as the Mm14 sequence, a MM-species-specific DNA fragment previously identified and characterized in our laboratory. The nucleotide sequence of Mm14 proved to be highly conserved among the 10 MM field strains, indicating a common source of infection. However, on the basis of slight differences in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis whole-cell proteins and western blot profiles, two groups of the isolated MM field strains could be distinguished. Evidence of MM infection of chickens was further provided by serology, since 13.77% (35/254) of sera proved positive to MM by either rapid serum agglutination or recombinant antigen-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, sera of all chickens from which MM was isolated were positive for antibodies to MM. Collectively, the data unambiguously show that MM could infect chickens; thus, MM warrants further exploration to determine its pathogenicity in this unusual host.
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- A Béjaoui Khiari
- Laboratoire des Mycoplasmes, Institut Pasteur de Tunis. 13, Place Pasteur B.P. 74, 1002 Tunis-Belvédère, Tunis, Tunisia
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Lierz M, Deppenmeier S, Gruber AD, Brokat S, Hafez HM. Pathogenicity ofMycoplasma lipofaciensstrain ML64 for turkey embryos. Avian Pathol 2010; 36:389-93. [PMID: 17899463 DOI: 10.1080/03079450701589126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mycoplasma lipofaciens strain ML64, isolated from an egg of a northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), has been found to be pathogenic for chicken embryos causing mortality during the first 2 weeks of incubation. The same strain was inoculated in turkey embryos to evaluate its pathogenicity and its ability to be transmitted laterally in the hatchery. The strain was found to be pathogenic for turkey embryos, causing a high mortality (88.9%) during late incubation as well as haemorrhages of the legs, dwarfing, curled toes and a severe, multifocal, purulent to necrotizing bronchopneumonia. In addition, lateral transmission between turkey poults hatched from infected eggs and poults from non-infected controls was observed in the incubator.
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- M Lierz
- Institute for Poultry Diseases, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Lierz M, Hagen N, Lueschow D, Hafez HM. Use of polymerase chain reactions to detectMycoplasma gallisepticum,Mycoplasma imitans,Mycoplasma iowae,Mycoplasma meleagridisandMycoplasma synoviaein birds of prey. Avian Pathol 2008; 37:471-6. [DOI: 10.1080/03079450802272952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- M. Lierz
- a Free University of Berlin, Koenigsweg 63 , Institute for Poultry Diseases , 14163 , Berlin , Germany
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- a Free University of Berlin, Koenigsweg 63 , Institute for Poultry Diseases , 14163 , Berlin , Germany
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- a Free University of Berlin, Koenigsweg 63 , Institute for Poultry Diseases , 14163 , Berlin , Germany
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- a Free University of Berlin, Koenigsweg 63 , Institute for Poultry Diseases , 14163 , Berlin , Germany
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Mardassi BBA, Béjaoui A, Oussaeif L, Mlik B, Amouna F. A Recombinant Antigen-Based Elisa For The Simultaneous Differential Serodiagnosis Of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, Mycoplasma Synoviae, And Mycoplasma Meleagridis Infections. Avian Dis 2008; 52:214-21. [DOI: 10.1637/8071-071207-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Sirand-Pugnet P, Lartigue C, Marenda M, Jacob D, Barré A, Barbe V, Schenowitz C, Mangenot S, Couloux A, Segurens B, de Daruvar A, Blanchard A, Citti C. Being pathogenic, plastic, and sexual while living with a nearly minimal bacterial genome. PLoS Genet 2007; 3:e75. [PMID: 17511520 PMCID: PMC1868952 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mycoplasmas are commonly described as the simplest self-replicating organisms, whose evolution was mainly characterized by genome downsizing with a proposed evolutionary scenario similar to that of obligate intracellular bacteria such as insect endosymbionts. Thus far, analysis of mycoplasma genomes indicates a low level of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) implying that DNA acquisition is strongly limited in these minimal bacteria. In this study, the genome of the ruminant pathogen Mycoplasma agalactiae was sequenced. Comparative genomic data and phylogenetic tree reconstruction revealed that ∼18% of its small genome (877,438 bp) has undergone HGT with the phylogenetically distinct mycoides cluster, which is composed of significant ruminant pathogens. HGT involves genes often found as clusters, several of which encode lipoproteins that usually play an important role in mycoplasma–host interaction. A decayed form of a conjugative element also described in a member of the mycoides cluster was found in the M. agalactiae genome, suggesting that HGT may have occurred by mobilizing a related genetic element. The possibility of HGT events among other mycoplasmas was evaluated with the available sequenced genomes. Our data indicate marginal levels of HGT among Mycoplasma species except for those described above and, to a lesser extent, for those observed in between the two bird pathogens, M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae. This first description of large-scale HGT among mycoplasmas sharing the same ecological niche challenges the generally accepted evolutionary scenario in which gene loss is the main driving force of mycoplasma evolution. The latter clearly differs from that of other bacteria with small genomes, particularly obligate intracellular bacteria that are isolated within host cells. Consequently, mycoplasmas are not only able to subvert complex hosts but presumably have retained sexual competence, a trait that may prevent them from genome stasis and contribute to adaptation to new hosts. Mycoplasmas are cell wall–lacking prokaryotes that evolved from ancestors common to Gram-positive bacteria by way of massive losses of genetic material. With their minimal genome, mycoplasmas are considered to be the simplest free-living organisms, yet several species are successful pathogens of man and animal. In this study, we challenged the commonly accepted view in which mycoplasma evolution is driven only by genome down-sizing. Indeed, we showed that a significant amount of genes underwent horizontal transfer among different mycoplasma species that share the same ruminant hosts. In these species, the occurrence of a genetic element that can promote DNA transfer via cell-to-cell contact suggests that some mycoplasmas may have retained or acquired sexual competence. Transferred genes were found to encode proteins that are likely to be associated with mycoplasma–host interactions. Sharing genetic resources via horizontal gene transfer may provide mycoplasmas with a means for adapting to new niches or to new hosts and for avoiding irreversible genome erosion.
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- Pascal Sirand-Pugnet
- Université Bordeaux 2, UMR1090, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- INRA, UMR1090, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Université Bordeaux 2, UMR1090, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- INRA, UMR1090, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Centre de Bioinformatique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Bioinformatique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Genoscope, Centre National de Séquençage, Evry, France
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- Centre de Bioinformatique de Bordeaux, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Université Bordeaux 2, UMR1090, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- INRA, UMR1090, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRA, ENVT, UMR1225, Toulouse, France
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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