In recent years, Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains that are clinically resistant to macrolide
antibiotics have occasionally been encountered in Japan. Of 76 strains of M. pneumoniae …

Two hundred fifty strains of Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated during the past 20 years in
Japan were classified into two groups (I and II) based upon different PCR-restriction fragment …

A new identification method for bacteria based on partial sequences of divergent regions of
the 16S rRNA gene was evaluated. The method involves PCR-based amplification of 16S …

PCR techniques were applied for the detection of mycoplasma DNA and pestivirus RNA to 43
lots of live viral vaccines (measles, mumps, rubella, and oral poliomyelitis) produced by six …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Organisms and culture methods. As human related mycoplasmas,
M. pneumoniae strains(Mac, 104166, M129, and five clinical isolates), M. genitalium …

Mechanisms of the inhibition of growth of mammalian cell cultures caused by mycoplasmal
infection were investigated by using cell-free extracts of 14 species of mycoplasmas. In four …

The usefulness of chicken egg yolk extract as a substitute for horse serum in culture media
for Mycoplasma pneumoniae was investigated. As a growth‐supporting factor in the growth …

The process of attachment of Mycoplasma hominis and M. orale to HAIN‐55 cells, derived
from normal embryonic human lung, was investigated quantitatively. The attachment reached …

Chicken egg yolk broth medium containing 10% (vol/vol) phosphate-buffered saline extract
of egg yolk instead of horse serum showed better growth-promoting activity for Mycoplasma …

The behavior of Mycoplasma hominis in normal human embryonic lung fibroblast (HAIN‐55)
cell cultures was investigated. Multiplication patterns of cell‐associated mycoplasmas and …