Molecular Detection and Characterization of Mycoplasma spp. in Marine Mammals, Brazil.

"species age class/sex year stranded 16s rrna sequence length bp accession no+ mycoplasma sequence comparison % nt identity closest available sequence+ species of detection id1 kogia breviceps adult/m 2017 1100 or193701 98 9 on721294 inia geoffrensis id13 kogia sima adult/f 2019 1100 or193699 98 9 on721294 i geoffrensis id14 stenella coeruleoalba adult/f 2019 inadequate sequence na na na na id15 kogia breviceps adult/m 2020 1100 or193701 98 9 on721294 i geoffrensis id16 kogia sima adult/m 2020 1100 or193703 98 7 on721294 i geoffrensis id19 stenella frontalis adult/f 2020 330 or184994 92 3 ol985926 tapirus terrestris id26 kogia breviceps adult/f 2020 1100 or193701 98 7 on721294 i geoffrensis id29 stenella frontalis adult/f 2021 inadequate sequence na na na na id34 feresa attenuata adult/m 2015 1100 or193702 98 0 on721301 inia boliviensis id62 delphinus delphis juvenile/m 2021 1100 or193698 98 4 on721294 i geoffrensis id63 sotalia guianensis juvenile/f 2021 330 or193744 98 6 on721294 i geoffrensis id79 pontoporia blainvillei calf/m 2019 1100 or193700 98 5 on721294 i geoffrensis id81 steno bredanensis adult/m 2019 1100 or193727 98 5 on721294 i geoffrensis id85 pontoporia blainvillei adult/f 2018 1100 or183450 98 5 jn792314 neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis id95 orcinus orca juvenile/f 2020 1100 or193728 98 5 on721294 i geoffrensis id119 sotalia guianensis juvenile/m 2022 330 or193742 100 on721299 i geoffrensis id122 pontoporia blainvillei calf/f 2022 330 or193741 99 7 on721301 i boliviensis id126 sotalia guianensis juvenile/m 2022 330 or193743 98 6 on721301 i boliviensis id131 arctocephalus tropicalis adult/m 2020 1100 or193739 100 gu124613 zalophus californianus id132 arctocephalus tropicalis adult/f 2020 1100 or193740 99 3 gu124613 z californianus id144 arctocephalus gazella juvenile/m 2021 410 or193745 99 3 gu124613 z californianus *mammals were stranded or caught along the coast of brazil during 2011-2022 bp base pairs; id identification; na not applicable +from genbank.; among the good quality sequences14 mycoplasma nucleotide sequences from marine dolphins in our study showed >98 0% nt identity with the closest available sequences (genbank accession nos on721294 on721301 and on721299) which were previously detected in blood of riverine cetacean species ( ).; we submitted representative sequences to genbank (accession nos or183450 or184994 or185401-4 or193689 or193690 or193698-700 or193703 or193728 or193739-45)."

"This study was funded by grants from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior–Brasil (CAPES), Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (process nos. 304999/2018-0, 165364/2018-1, 141868/2019-8), São Paulo Research Foundation (nos. 2018/20956-0, 2018/25069-7, and 2019/26794-0), and Society of Marine Mammalogy. C.S. is funded by a fellowship from Juan de la Cierva incorporación (no. IJC2020–046019-I) and I.S. is funded by a fellowship from Juan de la Cierva formación (no. FJC2020–046311–I), which are granted by Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Madrid, Spain. J.L.C.-D. receives a professorship from CNPQ (304106/2022-4). "