Mycoplasma faucium is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma. This genus of bacteria lacks a cell wall around their cell membrane.[1] Without a cell wall, they are unaffected by many common antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis. Mycoplasma are the smallest bacterial cells yet discovered,[2] can survive without oxygen and are typically about 0.1 µm in diameter.
| Mycoplasma faucium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Mycoplasma |
| Species: | M. faucium
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycoplasma faucium Freundt et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
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It was first described in 1974 and has been considered a rare inhabitant of humans.[3][4] It is considered to usually be a commensal and is a rare bacteria of the normal microbiota of the human oropharynx; it is sometimes cultured from oropharynx of nonhuman primates.[4][5] However, recent reports have proposed that in common with Mycoplasma hominis, M. faucium may be a pathogen in some brain abscesses.[6]
The type strain is strain ATCC 25293 = NCTC 10174.[7]
References edit
- ^ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 409–12. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Richard L. Sweet, Ronald S. Gibbs. Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
- ^ Freundt, E. A.; Taylor-Robinson, D.; Purcell, R. H.; Chanock, R. M.; Black, F. T. (1974). "Proposal of Mycoplasma buccale nom. nov. and Mycoplasma faucium nom. nov. for Mycoplasma orale "Types" 2 and 3, Respectively". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 24 (2): 252–255. doi:10.1099/00207713-24-2-252. ISSN 0020-7713.
- ^ a b Rawadi, G.; Dujeancourt-Henry, A.; Lemercier, B.; Roulland-Dussoix, D. (1998). "Note: Phylogenetic position of rare human mycoplasmas, Mycoplasma faucium, M. buccale, M. primatum and M. spermatophilum, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (1): 305–309. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-1-305. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9542101.
- ^ "Mycoplasma faucium". Medical Dictionary. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ^ Al Masalma, M; Armougom, F; Scheld, W. M.; Dufour, H; Roche, P. H.; Drancourt, M; Raoult, D (2009). "The expansion of the microbiological spectrum of brain abscesses with use of multiple 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 48 (9): 1169–78. doi:10.1086/597578. PMID 19335164.
- ^ Parte, A. C. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, LPSN. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
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