Hofmann-Lehmann
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Electron microscopic imaging and analysis of ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’ | ||||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | Recently, there has been a growing interest in hemotropic mycoplasmal species (also known as the hemoplasmas) the causative agents of infectious anemia in several mammalian species. In felids, three different hemoplasma species have been recognized: Mycoplasma haemofelis, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ and the recently identified ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’. The latter had been discovered in a Swiss cat with a history of severe intravascular hemolysis. So far, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’ was only detectable by PCR assays. No images, in particular no electron microscopic images and no morphological characterization of ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’are available. It is thus the goal of the study in collaboration with Prof. Dr. med. vet. Peter Wild (Veterinary Anatomy) to demonstrate and characterize ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’ in the blood from experimentally infected SPF cats. | ||||||||
| Publications / Publikationen | Willi, B., F. S. Boretti, C. Baumgartner, V. Cattori, M. L. Meli, M. G. Doherr, C. E. Reusch, and R. Hofmann-Lehmann. 2006. [Feline haemoplasma in Switzerland: identification of a novel species, diagnosis, prevalence, and clinical importance]. Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 148:139-40, 142, 144 passim.Willi, B., F. S. Boretti, V. Cattori, S. Tasker, M. L. Meli, C. Reusch, H. Lutz, and R. Hofmann- Lehmann. 2005. Identification, molecular characterization, and experimental transmission of a new hemoplasma isolate from a cat with hemolytic anemia in Switzerland. J Clin Microbiol 43:2581-5.Willi B, K Museux, M Novacco, E M Schraner, P Wild, K Groebel, U Ziegler, G Wolf, Y Kessler, S Tasker, H Lutz, R Hofmann-Lehmann. 2010. First morphological characterization of ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’ using electron microscopy. Vet Microbiol 2010 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print]. |
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| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | Haemoplasma, haemotropic Mycoplasma, feline infectious anemia, electron microscopy, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis’ | ||||||||
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No project-specific funding |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Aug 2007 to Jun 2010 |