Mycoplasma pirum 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 pirum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Mycoplasma |
| Species: | M. pirum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycoplasma pirum Del Giudice et al. 1985
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It has been isolated from those who immune systems are compromised.[3] It has been isolated from those being treated for HIV infection.[4] The type strain is HRC 70-159 = ATCC 25960 = NCTC 11702.[5] Its natural host is unknown.[6]
References edit
- ^ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 409–12. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Richard L. Sweet; Ronald S. Gibbs (1990). Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. ISBN 9780683080391.
- ^ Pitcher, D. G. (2005). "Mycoplasma amphoriforme sp. nov., isolated from a patient with chronic bronchopneumonia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (6): 2589–2594. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63269-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 16280532.
- ^ Berger, Stephen (2014). GIDEON guide to medically important bacteria. Los Angeles, California: GIDEON Informatics Inc. ISBN 9781617558412.
- ^ Parte, A. C. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, LPSN. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ^ Blanchard, Alain (2005). Mycoplasmas : molecular biology, pathogenicity and strategies for control. Wymondham: Horizon Bioscience. ISBN 978-0849398612.
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