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Two hundred and forty-nine mycoplasmas were isolated from 87 of 185 laryngeal and urogenital tissues of 93 normal purebred beagle and mongrel dogs and were identified by the plate immunofluorescence procedure. There were 68 M. spumans, 66 M. canis, 55 M. maculosum, and 59 mycoplasmas related to strain PG-24 (recently named Mycoplasma edwardii) and one unidentified strain HRC 689 which may represent a new Mycoplasma species. Mixed mycoplasmal flora were found in cultures of 57 laryngeal, 7 cervical, and 6 prostatic-urethral tissues. The findgings indicate that four species of Mycoplasma are commensal inhabitants of dogs.
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