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Veterinary Microbiology | 2000

Phylogeny of the #Mycoplasma mycoides# cluster as shown by sequencing of a putative membrane protein gene

François Thiaucourt; Sophie Lorenzon; Armelle David; Alain Bréard

The Mycoplasma mycoides cluster is made of six species that are closely related both genetically and phenotypically. Two are of particular importance, M. mycoides subsp. mycoides SC causing contagious bovine pleuropneumonia and M. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae causing contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. The sequences of a putative membrane protein gene and partial flanking open reading frames have been obtained from various strains in this cluster, including all reference strains. Sequence analysis showed this locus is present and fully conserved in all strains of M. mycoides subsp. mycoides SC isolated from geographically most distant places worldwide. In M. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae polymorphism in this locus has been found at seven positions and revealed that they can be used as epidemiological markers. Conserved regions were used to define a primer pair that enables the amplification by PCR of two fragments 302 and 1298bp long, respectively. The 302bp long fragment contains an intergenic sequence that can be used for phylogenetic studies or for identification purposes. Parsimony analysis on an alignment of 49 DNA sequences show a subdivision of the M. mycoides cluster into two subgroups that is in accordance with results obtained by phenotypic methods. Two lineages exist within the capricolum subgroup, one of them clustering strains identified as M. capricolum subsp. capricolum, M. capricolum subsp. capricolum and M. sp Bovine Group 7. However M. capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains can readily be identified by three specific nucleotide positions or by sequencing the 1298bp long fragment. There is no clear subdivision within the mycoides subgroup, supporting the idea that M. mycoides subsp. mycoides LC and M. mycoides subsp. capri should not be separated into two subspecies. Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC strains can easily be distinguished as they bear an insertion sequence 15bp downstream from the stop codon of the membrane protein gene.


Veterinary Microbiology | 2003

Molecular epidemiology of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia by multilocus sequence analysis of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides biotype SC strains

Sophie Lorenzon; Isabelle Arzul; Armelle Peyraud; Pascal Hendrikx; François Thiaucourt

Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is a bacterial disease caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC (MmmSC), and included in list A of the Office International des Epizooties. It is one of the major constraints to cattle raising in sub-Saharan and south-western Africa and also a threat to all countries currently free of the disease. MmmSC strains were considered very homogeneous until 1995, when various techniques such as enzymatic restriction of whole DNA or Southern blotting showed that this was not the case. These techniques are unfortunately difficult to standardize and require the extraction of DNA from an MmmSC culture. We therefore decided to investigate the possibility of constructing a molecular epidemiology tool based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) with PCR amplification of various loci followed by sequencing. Six loci were found suitable for this purpose and an additional PCR was designed to detect the presence of an 8.8kb deletion described by others in some strains. Fifteen different MLSA profiles were evidenced in our study. They allowed a clear distinction between European, south-western African and sub-Saharan strains. In addition, the results obtained on strain PO1967 confirmed its European origin, even though it does not exhibit the 8.8kb deletion. This new tool for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia may prove particularly useful for identifying MmmSC strains in countries at risk from contamination. It can also easily be refined by adding more strains or other loci of interest.


Veterinary Microbiology | 2010

Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) analysis reveals genetic diversity within Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides small colony isolates from Nigeria.

N.D. Nwankpa; Lucia Manso-Silvan; Sophie Lorenzon; Aboubakar YaYa; L.H. Lombin; François Thiaucourt

A Variable Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) analysis was conducted on thirteen (13) M. mycoides mycoides Small Colony isolates from Nigeria using Tandem Repeat (TR) 34 which is a predicted lipoprotein located within the hypothetical protein MAG6170. The analysis revealed diversity within the M. mycoides mycoides Small Colony isolates with five different VNTR types indicated. Some correlation was determined between the VNTR types and their geographical origin. VNTR analysis may represent a useful, rapid first-line test for use in molecular epidemiological analysis of M. mycoides mycoides Small Colony for possible outbreak tracing and disease control.


Veterinary Record | 2003

Abattoir-based survey of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in cattle in Turkey

B. Cetinkaya; H. Ongor; M. Karahan; H. Kalender; Sophie Lorenzon; François Thiaucourt

Blood samples collected from 945 cattle at four local abattoirs in Turkey were examined for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) by the complement fixation test (cFT) and competitive ELISA (cELISA). In addition, the carcases of the animals were examined macroscopically at the abattoirs and 62 lung samples which had lesions suggestive of CBPP were collected for bacteriological culture. To identify suspicious isolates the PCR was used in addition to the routine biochemical tests. By the cFT, two of the 945 serum samples were seropositive, and by the cELISA, four of them were seropositive. In the bacteriological culture of the lungs, growth was observed in 18 (29 per cent) of the samples by the observation of turbidity in the broths. However, when these broths were inoculated into an agar base, growth was observed in only three (4-8 per cent) samples. These isolates were identified as Mycoplasma species on the basis of biochemical tests. In the PCR analysis of DNA extraded from the broths, none of the isolates was identified as Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony or one of the members of the M mycoides cluster, but amplification was obtained in only eight (44-4 per cent) of 18 samples, using Mycoplasma-genus specific primers. These DNA samples were examined further with primers specific to 16S rRNA and were then sequenced and compared with the databanks; DNA homologies at different levels were observed in five samples, with Mycoplasma alkalescens, Mycoplasma canadense, Mycoplasma bovis and Mycoplasma bovigenitalium.


Veterinary Microbiology | 2004

A specific PCR for the identification of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae, the causative agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP).

Salah Woubit; Sophie Lorenzon; Armelle Peyraud; Lucia Manso-Silvan; François Thiaucourt


Molecular and Cellular Probes | 2007

A PCR for the detection of mycoplasmas belonging to the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster: Application to the diagnosis of contagious agalactia

Salah Woubit; Lucia Manso-Silvan; Sophie Lorenzon; Patrice Gaurivaud; François Poumarat; Marie-Pierre Pellet; V.P. Singh; François Thiaucourt


Veterinary Microbiology | 2002

Genetic evolution of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae strains and molecular epidemiology of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia by sequencing of locus H2.

Sophie Lorenzon; Hezron Wesonga; Laikemariam Ygesu; Tesfaalem Tekleghiorgis; Y. Maikano; M. Angaya; Pascal Hendrikx; François Thiaucourt


Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | 1998

Vaccination against Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia and the Use of Molecular Tools in Epidemiology

François Thiaucourt; Sophie Lorenzon; Armelle David; Jean-Jacques Tulasne; Joseph Domenech


Molecular and Cellular Probes | 2000

Specific PCR identification of the T1 vaccine strains for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

Sophie Lorenzon; Armelle David; Melesse Nadew; Hezron Wesonga; François Thiaucourt


Veterinary Microbiology | 2004

A specific PCR for the identification of subsp. , the causative agent of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP)

Salah Woubit; Sophie Lorenzon; Armelle Peyraud; Lucia Manso-Silvan; François Thiaucourt

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François Thiaucourt

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

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Lucia Manso-Silvan

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

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Armelle Peyraud

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

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Pascal Hendrikx

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

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Hezron Wesonga

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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Isabelle Arzul

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement

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