Mycoplasma capricolum is a species of Mycoplasma bacteria.

It is primarily a pathogen of goats, but has also been found in sheep and cows.

[1] The species requires external sources of cholesterol to grow or survive (which usually comes in the form of a natural fatty acid auxotroph), but the uptaken fatty acid is not used as a substrate for energy production but rather for phospholipid synthesis instead.

[2] It (specifically the capripneumoniae subspecies)[3] causes a disease in goats called contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP).

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