Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum

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Also known as: M.capricolum
Mycoplasma capricolum
Phylum Firmicutes
Class Mollicutes
Order Mycoplasmatales
Family Mycoplasmataceae
Genus Mycoplasma
Species M.capricolum

M.capricolum subsp. capricolum' is a species of the Mycoplasmas genus. It causes Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia.

M.capricolum can be identified by growth inhibition disc tests. There are inactivated vaccines available.