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===Contagious agalactia of sheep and goats===
Also known as: '''''M.agalactiae
{{Taxobox
|name = ''Mycoplasma agalactiae''
|phylum = Firmicutes
|class = Mollicutes
|order = Mycoplasmatales
|family = Mycoplasmataceae
|genus = [[:Category:Mycoplasmas|Mycoplasma]]
|species = ''M.agalactiae''
}}
==Introduction==
''M. agalactiae'' is a species of the ''[[Mycoplasmas species - Overview|Mycoplasmas]]'' genus. This genus of [[:Category:Bacteria|bacteria]] lacks a cell wall around their cell membrane.<ref>Ryan, K.J and Ray, CG (editors) ''Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th edition'', pages 409–12. McGraw Hill(2004) isbn: 0-8385-8529-9</ref> Without a cell wall, they are unaffected by many common [[Antibiotics|antibiotics]] such as [[Penicillins|penicillin]] or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis. Mycoplasma are the smallest bacterial cells yet discovered,<ref>Sweet, Richard L. and Gibbs, Ronald S. ''Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract'', Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, (2009)</ref> can survive without oxygen and are typically about 0.1 µm in diameter.It causes Contagious agalactia which is a severe febrile disease of sheep and goats in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia resulting in [[Mastitis]], arthritis and conjunctivitis following parturition. It also causes abortion and fatal pneumonia in young animals.
==Synonyms==
*Shed in milk; localised in supramammary lymph nodes
* Microbe de l'agalaxie contagieuse" Bridré and Donatien 1923
*"Anulomyces agalaxiae" (sic) Wroblewski 1931
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*"Borrelomyces agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Turner 1935
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*"Capromyces agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Sabin 1941
*"Pleuropneumonia agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Tulasne and Brisou 1955
*"Asterococcus agalactiae" (Wroblewski 1931) Prévot 1961<ref>Parte, A.C. Mycoplasma. LPSN, bacterio.net http://www.bacterio.net/mycoplasma.html date accessed April 20, 2015</ref>
''M.agalactiae'' is shed in milk and can be localised in supramammary lymph nodes. There are inactivated, attenuated vaccines available.
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