M. pulmonis is not only an important pathogenic organism to laboratory rats and mice, but also is an extremely suitable model organism to study pathogenesis of human respiratory system.

• 摘要肺支原体是实验大鼠和小鼠的重要致病微生物，所导致的鼠呼吸系统支原体病也是研究人类呼吸系统感染的动物模型。