Unraveling the Mystery of Canine Pneumonia: New Bacterium Similar to Mycoplasma on the East Coast – Scientists Await Oregon Samples for Conclusive Results

2023-12-12 11:50:06

“Metagenomic sequencing showed that in most samples from dogs from the East Coast there is some new bacterium similar to mycoplasma,” Scientists are waiting for samples from Oregon, where there is also a similar strange canine pneumonia. Then it will be possible to draw conclusions,” says Doctor of Biological Sciences Ancha Baranova. — The type of bacteria is not named because it is “new.” It is unculturable, intracellular. By the way, one hundred and five hundred species of these same mycoplasmas have already been discovered, and it is not surprising that another one has been found. There are still many “unintelligible” species in the classification of mycoplasmas that scientists have not figured out».

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