Mycoplasma iguanae

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Mycoplasma iguanae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species:
M. iguanae
Binomial name
Mycoplasma iguanae
Brown et al. 2006
The green iguana, Iguana iguana

Mycoplasma iguanae is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma.

It has been recovered from abscesses of the spine of the green iguana, Iguana iguana.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brown, D. R. (2006). "Mycoplasma iguanae sp. nov., from a green iguana (Iguana iguana) with vertebral disease". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (4): 761–764. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63852-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
  2. ^ Brown, Daniel R.; Wendland, Lori D.; Rotstein, David S. (2007). "MYCOPLASMOSIS IN GREEN IGUANAS (IGUANA IGUANA)". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 38 (2): 348–351. doi:10.1638/1042-7260(2007)038[0348:MIGIII]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1042-7260.