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M. synoviae is small with a genome size of 900 kbp (Herrmann, 1992), is pleomorphic, lacks a cell wall and has a low G+C ratio (34.2 mol%). M. synoviae is morphologically and biochemically very similar to M. gallisepticum. M. synoviae ferments glucose but does not hydrolyse arginine, nor does it possess phosphatase activity. However M. synoviae can be distinguished biochemically from M. gallisepticum by the former's inability to reduce tetrazolium salts aerobically. Some isolates of M. synoviae are reported to produce a film, although this is not a consistent feature.
M. synoviae and M. gallisepticum cause remarkedly similar clinical diseases in birds; a certain degree of serological cross reactivity has also been reported, especially in the rapid slide agglutination and ELISA tests (Avakian et al., 1988). Whilst the two mycoplasmas have similar colony sizes (0.1-2 mm), M. gallisepticum colonies often have no centres in early passage.
Avakian AP, Kleven SH, Glisson JR, 1988. Evaluation of the specificity and sensitivity of two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits, the serum plate agglutination test, and the hemagglutination-inhibition test for antibodies formed in response to Mycoplasma gallisepticum.. Avian Diseases, 32(2):262-272; 20 ref.
Herrmann R, 1992. Genome structure and organization. In: Maniloff J ed. Mycoplasmas: molecular biology and pathogenesis. Washington DC, USA: American Society of Microbiology, 157-168.