Mycoplasma suipneumoniae and mycoplasma flocculare in the growth precipitation test
Friis, N.F.
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 18(2): 168-175
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-605X PMID: 327769 Document Number: 110716
A number of laboratory and field strains of M. suipneumoniae and M. flocculare were subjected to a comparative examination by the growth precipitation test. All the strains could readily be identified by that test. Slight evidence of cross-reaction was noted for a few of the laboratory strains, but not until late in the observation period. Only some of the field strains would form precipitates when primary cultures (from tissue suspensions) were used, but all strains could be identified already in the second and third passages. The test therefore seems well suited for distinguishing the two species.