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    Spiroplasma is a genus of Mollicutes, a group of small bacteria without cell walls. Spiroplasma shares the simple metabolism, parasitic lifestyle, fried-egg...
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    Spiroplasma kunkelii is a species of Mollicutes, which are small bacteria that all share a common cell wall-less feature. They are characterized by helical...
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  • Spiroplasma mirum is a bacterium in the genus Spiroplasma originally discovered in the rabbit tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustris in 1964. This original...
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  • Spiroplasma poulsonii are bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that are commonly endosymbionts of flies. These bacteria live in the hemolymph (insect blood)...
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    SpV1-R8A2 B, Spiroplasma phage 1, and Spiroplasma virus 1, SpV1 (not to be confused with simply "SpV1" to refer to the entire spiroplasma virus morphological...
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  • mold, protozoan, and coelenterate mitochondrial code and the mycoplasma/spiroplasma code (translation table 4) is the genetic code used by various organisms...
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  • Spiroplasma citri is a bacterium species and the causative agent of Citrus stubborn disease. Its genome has been partially sequenced. The restriction...
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    some Spiroplasma species are known insect pathogens, the T. molitor larvae did not experience any harmful effects from the presence of the Spiroplasma in...
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    It is caused by the bacterium Spiroplasma kunkelii. S. kunkelii, a spiroplasma often referred to as corn stunt spiroplasma, can survive and overwinter in...
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    and another proposed by Frank O. Bastian holds that Spiroplasma infection, specifically Spiroplasma mirum, is a cause of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies...
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    1980s showed that the beet leafhopper is a vector (epidemiology) of the Spiroplasma citri prokaryote which is the causal agent of the Citrus Stubborn Disease...
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    Mycoplasmatales Corn Stunt Spiroplasma in phloem cells. Thick section (0.4 micrometers) observed in a TEM. Magnified 75,000X. Scientific classification...
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  • Many are able to move about through gliding, but members of the genus Spiroplasma are helical and move by twisting. The best-known genus in the Mollicutes...
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  • Spiroplasma~1 Mycoplasmoidaceae...
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  • synthesis. Bastian first found Spiroplasma in the brain of a CJD patient in an autopsy in 1979. He reported in 1984 that Spiroplasma mirum strain GT-48 induces...
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    million years ago. Wild populations of D. hydei can be infected with Spiroplasma bacteria that defend the fly against parasitoid wasps. The Class II "Minos"...
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    harbour vertically transmitted endosymbionts, such as Wolbachia and Spiroplasma. These endosymbionts can act as reproductive manipulators, such as cytoplasmic...
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    "Mycoplasma". A "Spiroplasma" or mycoides group containing M. mycoides and the aforementioned closely related species in "Spiroplasma" and Entomoplasmatales...
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  • the DNA viruses. Enterobacteria, intracellular parasitic bacteria, and spiroplasma serve as natural hosts. There are 22 species in this family, divided...
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    While Spiroplasma of Drosophila melanogaster can also exhibit male-killing, the D. tenebrosa Spiroplasma did not. It is possible that this Spiroplasma defends...
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    Chang, Chung-Jan (1998). "Pathogenicity of Aster Yellows Phytoplasma and Spiroplasma citri on Periwinkle". Phytopathology. 88 (12): 1347–1350. doi:10.1094/PHYTO...
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    minimizing its recognition by the tomato immune system." Phytoplasma and Spiroplasma are obligate intracellular parasites, bacteria that lack cell walls and...
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  • viruses, in the family Microviridae, in the subfamily Gokushovirinae. Spiroplasma bacteria serve as natural hosts. There is only one species in this genus:...
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  • 5'-CG-3' (commonly abbreviated as CpG). It originates from the bacterium Spiroplasma sp. strain MQ1. M.SssI methylates all CpG sites in DNA, regardless of...
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    and 82% of their diet consists of organisms associated with the genus Spiroplasma. These prokaryotes have also been found in the diets of several other...
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    Spiroplasma~1 Mycoplasmoidaceae...
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    P.; Rose, D. L.; Henegar, R. B.; Williamson, D. L. (1 July 1985). "Spiroplasma melliferum, a New Species from the Honeybee (Apis mellifera)". International...
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    called Spiroplasma. Male-killing bacteria are transmitted vertically, from mother to offspring. Female plain tigers infected with Spiroplasma will produce...
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  • mold, protozoan, and coelenterate mitochondrial code and the mycoplasma/spiroplasma code The invertebrate mitochondrial code The ciliate, dasycladacean and...
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  • "Tenericutes" (tener cutis: soft skin). Notable genera include Mycoplasma, Spiroplasma, Ureaplasma, and Candidatus Phytoplasma. Moreover, it lacks a cell wall...
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