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''Mycoplasma bovis'' is the most pathogenic bovine mycoplasma in Europe and North America, causing a significant cause of bovine pneumonia, mastitis, arthritis, genital disorders,abortion, and reduction in virto fertility. The completion of genome sequence of M. ''bovis'' is still in progress by TIGR and Univ. of Missouri-Columbia. It is very important to have its genome sequenced because it has ability to survive in such an extreme enviroment and the causes of hugh economical losses in cattle and milk production in both Europe and the USA. The harms caused by respiratory diseases in cattle is approximately a sum of 576 million Euros per year in Europe. M. ''bovis'' is estimated to be responsible for at least for the quarter or third of these losses. In the USA, this organism causes a loss of $32 million per year as a result of the loss of the weight gain and the diminished carcass value. The expenses due to M. ''bovis'' mastitis are estimated to be $108 million per year. | |||
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Revision as of 20:30, 27 August 2007
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Mycoplasma bovis
Classification
Higher order taxa
Cellular organism, Bacteria, Firmicutes, Mollicutes, Mycoplasmatales, Mycoplasmataceae,Mycoplasma
Species
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NCBI: Taxonomy |
Mycoplasma bovis
Description and significance
Mycoplasma bovis is the most pathogenic bovine mycoplasma in Europe and North America, causing a significant cause of bovine pneumonia, mastitis, arthritis, genital disorders,abortion, and reduction in virto fertility. The completion of genome sequence of M. bovis is still in progress by TIGR and Univ. of Missouri-Columbia. It is very important to have its genome sequenced because it has ability to survive in such an extreme enviroment and the causes of hugh economical losses in cattle and milk production in both Europe and the USA. The harms caused by respiratory diseases in cattle is approximately a sum of 576 million Euros per year in Europe. M. bovis is estimated to be responsible for at least for the quarter or third of these losses. In the USA, this organism causes a loss of $32 million per year as a result of the loss of the weight gain and the diminished carcass value. The expenses due to M. bovis mastitis are estimated to be $108 million per year.
Genome structure
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Cell structure and metabolism
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Ecology
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Pathology
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Application to Biotechnology
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Current Research
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References
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