mycoplasma

Noun

Meaning

any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection

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Budding is associated with certain Mycoplasma phages. Source: Internet

Other bacterial pathogens, like Mycoplasma and those causing rickettsial disease, cause inflammation of the meninges and consequently encephalitis. Source: Internet

Under the phased eradication plan for cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, 126,000 cattle were tagged to be culled, in addition to 23,000 already culled. Source: Internet

Serological tests indicated that the bacterium was not related to known species of Mycoplasma. Source: Internet

Smaller bacteria, such as Mycoplasma or spirochetes contain fewer molecules, namely on the order of 50,000 to 1 million. Source: Internet

Though most prokaryotes have both a cell membrane and a cell wall, there are exceptions such as Mycoplasma (bacteria) and Thermoplasma (archaea) which only possess the cell membrane layer. Source: Internet

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