MYCOPLASMA INOCUUM SP. N., A SAPROPHYTE FROM CHICKENS

Abstract
Adler , H. E. (University of California, Davis), M. Shifrine, and Herrad Ortmayer . Mycoplasma inocuum sp. n., a saprophyte from chickens. J. Bacteriol. 82: 239–240. 1961.—A new species of Mycoplasma was isolated from the infraorbital sinuses of chickens. The organism, a saprophyte, differs from all known mycoplasmas of avian origin. A description of this isolate is given. It has been named Mycoplasma inocuum sp. n.