Millán, JavierLópez-Roig, MarcDelicado, VerónicaSerra-Cobo, JordiEsperón, Fernando2023-06-282023-06-282015-04Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Volume 39, Pages 9 - 121 April 20150147-9571https://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/51121Indexación: ScopusMolecular analyses of blood samples revealed infection with hemoplasmas in 97% of 31 cave bats captured in three caves in North-Eastern Spain. The characterization of 1250. bp of the 16S rRNA gene in 29 of the positive bats identified two different groups of sequences. Twenty-two Schreibers' bats (Miniopterus schreibersii) and one long-eared bat (Myotis capaccinii) shared one group, composed of seven closely related sequences. These sequences showed an identity of about 97% with ". Candidatus Mycoplasma hemohominis" and the phylogenetic branch including bat and human sequences showed a 100% bootstrap value, supporting a close phylogenetic relationship between these hemoplasmas. The second group, representing a potentially novel species, was composed of a single sequence shared by six Schreibers' bats that had 91% identity with the recently reported hemoplasma from little brown bats in North America. Large bat aggregations in roosting caves probably benefits intra and inter-species transmission explaining the high observed prevalence. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.enCataloniaChiropteraHemotropic mycoplasmasMycoplasma spArtículoAtribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)10.1016/j.cimid.2015.01.002