Mollicutes is a class of bacteria distinguished by the absence of a cell wall. The word "Mollicutes" is derived from the Latin mollis (meaning "soft"...
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organization of the class Mollicutes. Originally, the trivial name "mycoplasmas" commonly denoted all members of the class Mollicutes (from Latin mollis "soft"...
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a very small cell wall-less bacterium in the class Mollicutes. It is a human pathogen that causes the disease mycoplasma pneumonia,...
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generally believed to be monophyletic, or paraphyletic with the exclusion of Mollicutes. The currently accepted taxonomy based on the List of Prokaryotic names...
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14 distinct types within the Ureaplasma genus. Classified within the Mollicutes class, Ureaplasma species have undergone significant evolutionary adaptations...
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Mycoplasmatota is a phylum of bacteria that contains the class Mollicutes. The phylum was originally named "Tenericutes" (tener cutis: soft skin). Notable...
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1186/1471-2180-12-88. PMC 3511179. PMID 22646228. Taylor-Robinson D (November 2017). "Mollicutes in vaginal microbiology: Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma...
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Plant disease (section Mollicutes)
the mycoplasmas, which are human pathogens, they belong to the class Mollicutes. Their cells are extremely small, 1 to 2 micrometres across. They tend...
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divisions based on Gram staining: Firmacutes (+), Gracillicutes (−), Mollicutes (0) and Mendocutes (var.). Since 1987, the monophyly of the gram-negative...
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Bacillota (positive in staining), Gracilicutes (negative in staining), Mollicutes (neutral in staining) and Mendocutes (variable in staining). Based on...
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Phytoplasma (category Mollicutes)
Taxonomy of Mollicutes proposed the use of "'Phytoplasma' rather than 'mycoplasma-like organisms' for reference to the phytopathogenic mollicutes". In 2004...
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Mycoplasma fermentans is a very small bacterium in the class Mollicutes. Like other mycoplasmas M. fermentans is characterized by the absence of a peptidoglycan...
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Mycoplasma haemofelis belongs to the phylogenetically diverse class Mollicutes, which comprises eight genera: Ureaplasma, Spiroplasma, Asteroleplasma...
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This rule is followed by two phyla: Bacillota (except for the classes Mollicutes and Negativicutes) and the Actinomycetota. In contrast, members of the...
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) is a bacterium in the class Mollicutes and the family Mycoplasmataceae. It causes chronic respiratory disease (CRD) in chickens...
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Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Mycoplasmatota Class: Mollicutes Order: Mycoplasmoidales Family: Mycoplasmoidaceae Genus: Mycoplasmoides...
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pseudogene. E. corrusca and other firefly beetles are abundant in mollicutes. Mollicutes are a class of symbiont bacteria that live with fireflies. Sprioplasma...
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mycoides is a bacterial species of the genus Mycoplasma in the class Mollicutes. This microorganism is a parasite that lives in ruminants. Mycoplasma...
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a highly contagious and chronic disease affecting pigs. As with other mollicutes, M. hyopneumoniae is small in size (400–1200 nm), has a small genome (893–920...
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Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Mycoplasmatota Class: Mollicutes Order: Mycoplasmatales Family: Mycoplasmataceae Genus: Mycoplasma Species:...
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Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 4—The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes...
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Mycoplasma orale is a small bacterium found in the class Mollicutes. It belongs to the genus Mycoplasma, a well-known group of bacterial parasites that...
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R. E.; Gundersen-Rindal, D. E. (2000). "Phytoplasma: Phytopathogenic Mollicutes". Annual Review of Microbiology. 54 (1): 221–255. doi:10.1146/annurev...
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George M. Garrity (ed.). The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes...
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Spiroplasma (category Mollicutes)
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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plants, and are commonly found in most prokaryotes, with the exception of mollicute bacteria. The composition of cell walls varies across taxonomic groups...
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Mycoplasmataceae (category Mollicutes)
Ureaplasma. In 1967, the order Mycoplasmatales was incorporated into the class Mollicutes. Many species are sexually transmitted and cause pelvic inflammatory disease...
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Spiroplasma citri (category Mollicutes)
pathogenic mollicute which has a wide host range. S. citri is a bacteria that belongs to the kingdom Bacteria, phylum Tenericutes, class Mollicutes, order...
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Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Mycoplasmatota Class: Mollicutes Order: Mycoplasmatales Family: Mycoplasmataceae Genus: Ureaplasma Shepard...
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outer membrane is also included. This envelope is not present in the Mollicutes where the cell wall is absent. Bacterial cell envelopes fall into two...
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