New feline bacterial parasite isolated.

Foley et al at the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, Scholl of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis have described the characteristics of a small low-virulence bacterial parasite of cats. The novel organism that has been isolated appears to belong to the Mycoplasma clade and seems to be closely related to a parasite of pigs previously designated Eperythrozon

Reference for further reading
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001 May;51(Pt 3):815-7.'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', a low-virulence epierythrocytic parasite of cats. Foley JE, Pedersen NC. Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. jefoley@ucdavis.edu