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IT has been reported that mycoplasma viruses have been isolated from a number of different mycoplasmas—both Mycoplasma and Acholeplasma species. All the viruses isolated so far, however, only produce plaques on Acholeplasma laidlawii lawns and seem unable to infect the mycoplasma from which they were reputedly derived1. Some strains of Mycoplasma pulmonis are pathogenic for mice and others are not, and because pathogenicity may be attributable to the possession of a virus, we have searched for viruses that may infect M. pulmonis.
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GOURLAY, R., WYLD, S. & TAYLOR-ROBINSON, D. Plaque-forming factor produced by Mycoplasma pulmonis. Nature 259, 120–122 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259120a0
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