Role of Pasteurella pneumotropica and Mycoplasma pulmonis in murine pneumonia.

Journal of Bacteriology
P C BrennanR J Flynn

Abstract

Pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pulmonis and Pasteurella pneumotropica was studied in conventional, specific pathogen-free (SPF), and germ-free mice. When P. pneumotropica was serially passed in conventional mice, M. pulmonis, as well as P. pneumotropica, was recovered from mice with gross lesions. When M. pulmonis was serially passed in conventional mice, both organisms were recovered. SPF mice given a nasal instillation of M. pulmonis alone, P. pneumotropica alone, or a combination of the two developed pneumonia when both organisms were present. These findings suggested that both organisms contribute to typical murine pneumonia. That M. pulmonis might be an L form of P. pneumotropica was suggested because some SPF mice inoculated with either organism yielded both on culture. This possibility was investigated with mole per cent guanine plus cytosine (GC) content and nucleic acid hybridization techniques. The GC content of P. pneumotropica is 42.2 mole per cent and that of M. pulmonis is 28.6 mole per cent. No specific hybrids between deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from M. pulmonis and DNA from P. pneumotropica were detected. This and the wide disparity in GC content showed that M. pulmonis is not an L form of P. pneumotropica. In ...Continue Reading

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