General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00867)
MIC Name	Mycoplasma conjunctivae (tenericutes)
MIC Synonyms	Mesomycoplasma conjunctivae
Body Site	Ocular Surface
Lineage	Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Tenericutes Class: Mollicutes Order: Mycoplasmatales Family: Mycoplasmataceae Genus: Mycoplasma Species: Mycoplasma conjunctivae
Oxygen Sensitivity	Facultative anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism	Saccharolytic; Fermentative
Gram	Negative
Genome Size (bp)	846214
No. of Coding Genes	696
No. of Non-Coding Genes	71
No. of Small Non-Coding Genes	71
No. of Gene Transcripts	767
No. of Base Pairs	846214
Description	Mycoplasma conjunctivae is a facultatively anaerobe, Gram negative bacterium. It is the cause of infectious keratoconjunctivitis or pink-eye.
External Links	Taxonomy ID	45361
	Genome Assembly ID	ASM2676v1
	GOLD Organism ID	Go0520859
Disease Relevance
Infectious keratoconjunctivitis  [ICD-11: 1D84]
Description	Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) is a contagious eye disease primarily caused by Mycoplasma conjunctivae in domestic and wild Caprinae.				[1]

Host Immune Factors (HIFs)
Immunoglobulin G
HIF ID	HIFM0270	HIF Info	Class	Immunoglobulin (Ig)
Description	Mycoplasma conjunctivae infection elicits a strong immune IgG response.				[2]

Environmental Factor(s)
Disbiome ID			90

References
1	Infectious keratoconjunctivitis and occurrence of Mycoplasma conjunctivae and Chlamydiaceae in small domestic ruminants from Central Karakoram, Pakistan. Vet Rec. 2017 Sep 2;181(9):237. doi: 10.1136/vr.103948. Epub 2017 Aug 1.
2	Postepizootic Persistence of Asymptomatic Mycoplasma conjunctivae Infection in Iberian Ibex. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 Jul 17;83(15):e00690-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00690-17. Print 2017 Aug 1.

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