Mycoplasma Flashcards
The simplest and tiniest self-replicating prokaryotes.
Mycoplasma
Parasitic on cells of higher species meaning
Highly adopted
parasites
Class of Mycoplasm
Mollicutes
Mycoplasma was first isolated in what debilitating disease in cattle
Contagious Bovine
Pleuropneumonia
PPLO meaning
Pleuropneumonia
Like Organism
It is the covering of mycoplasmas with post antigen due to intimate association
with host cell
Capping
Extremely pleomorphic kokai flament spirals and is plasticity is due to the
lack of cell wall
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma has the ability to change ____ due to the presence of contractile
protein resembling actin
Shape
Mycoplasma membrane is ______ and lock skeletal support of peptidoglycan
foundation
Trilaminar
What species is covered with capsular polysaccharide and its internal structure
is simple and consist of ribosomes and DNA
Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides
Some mycoplasma have specialized tip structure called
Polar Bleb
Mycoplasma requires what for growth and its serum commonly used as source
Cholesterol or
Sterols
It regulates membrane fluidity during changes in growth and temperature
Cholesterol
Percentage of carbon dioxide for anaerobic condition of mycoplasma
10%
It is the source of energy of non fermentative strains
Arginine degradation
Mycoplasma has sensitivity to_______ which is a paper disc method
Digitonin
These are cells with axial fbers and terminal swelling
rho forms
Antigen that protects precipitinogen
Galactan
Mycoplasma mycoid subspecies mycoides is transmitted by
Droplet Inhalation
What are signs of acute infection of mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides
Respiratory Distress
What are signs of chronic infection of mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides
Moist Cough, Fever,
Nasal Discharge
When the lung becomes infected with foci it becomes
Encapsulated
The plural cavity contains great amounts of fuid about how many liters
15 to 20
Upon infection the lung is infamed with 10 deposit of
Fibrin
Mycoplasma species that causes mastitis abortion and reproductive system
m. alkalescens
Mycoplasma species that hydrolyzes arginine and is common commensal of
mucosal surface
m. arginini
Mycoplasma species that causes infection in the general tract of heufers and
seminal fuid of bulls
m. bovigenitalium
Mycoplasma species that is parasitic commensal of boba and respiratory tract
M. bovirhinis
Causes acute infection and rapidly spreading mastitis
M. bovis
Causes contagious agalactia and sheeps and goats
M. agalactiae
Causes septicemia polyarthritis conjunctivitis in sheeps and goats
M. capricolum
Causes and zootic pneumonia in pigs and lives only in the respiratory tract
M. hyopneumoniae
M. hyopneumoniae spreads by
Aerosol
It causes transient diarrhea and dry cough that last for a few weeks
M. hyopneumoniae
M. hyopneumoniae causes organisms to adhere to bronchial and bronchiolar
epithelial surfaces of lungs causing
Ciliostasis
Mycoplasma species that is a normal inhabitant of noso pharynx in swine
M. hyorhinis
Causes chronic respiratory disease and chickens turkeys and etc
Mycoplasma
galisepticum
Also known to cause infectious sinusitis in turkey
Mycoplasma
galisepticum
Mycoplasma galesepticum has a characteristically polar bleb that is used for
Adhesion
