ig ator ▁in oc ulated ▁with ▁ster ile ▁bro th . ▁Three ▁of ▁the ▁experimental ▁all ig ators ▁died ▁within ▁three ▁weeks ▁of ▁in oc ulation . ▁The ▁surv iving ▁all ig ator ▁tested ▁free ▁of ▁M . ▁all ig ator is ▁after ▁ 1 4 ▁weeks , ▁further ▁supporting ▁the ▁research ers ▁susp ic ions ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁isol ate ▁as ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁investig ated ▁sympt oms . ▁ ▁Pre lim inary ▁character ization ▁▁ ▁My cop las ma ▁all ig ator is ▁is ▁a ▁non - mot ile ▁chem o organ oh eter ot roph ▁found ▁in ▁American ▁all ig ators . ▁It ▁has ▁an ▁optim um ▁growth ▁temperature ▁range ▁of ▁ 3 0 - 3 4   ° C . ▁The ▁DNA ▁sequence ▁for ▁M . ▁all ig ator is ▁type ▁stra in ▁A 2 1 J P 2 T ▁was ▁obtained ▁through ▁random ▁shot gun ▁sequ encing , ▁reve aling ▁a ▁gen ome ▁size ▁of ▁ 1 0 4 0 – 1 0 6 0 ▁k b , ▁with ▁ 8 9 % ▁being ▁coding ▁sequences . ▁The ▁M . ▁all ig ator is ▁gen ome ▁has ▁a ▁ 2 6 % ▁G + C ▁content . ▁DNA ▁analysis ▁identified ▁gen es ▁of ▁the ▁N - ac et yl neur amin ate ▁sc av eng ing ▁and ▁cat abol ism ▁path way . ▁ ▁Bio chem ical ▁tests ▁including ▁met abol ism ▁of ▁gl uc ose , ▁man n ose , ▁la ct ose , ▁suc rose