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Mycoplasma

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Definition: A genus of gram-negative, mostly facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family MYCOPLASMATACEAE. The cells are bounded by a PLASMA MEMBRANE and lack a true CELL WALL. Its organisms are pathogens found on the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of humans, ANIMALS, and BIRDS.  infection   
Examples Mycoplasma agalactiae; Mycoplasma arthritidis; Mycoplasma bovigenitalium; Mycoplasma bovis; Mycoplasma capricolum; Mycoplasma conjunctivae; Mycoplasma dispar; Mycoplasma fermentans; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Mycoplasma genitalium; Mycoplasma hominis; Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae; Mycoplasma hyorhinis; Mycoplasma hyosynoviae; Mycoplasma iowae; Mycoplasma meleagridis; Mycoplasma mycoides; Mycoplasma orale; Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae; Mycoplasma penetrans; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Mycoplasma pulmonis; Mycoplasma salivarium; Mycoplasma synoviae 		Other names Pleuropneumonia-Like Organisms; PPLO; Mycoplasma putrefaciens; Haemobartonella; Eperythrozoon; Pleuropneumonia Like Organisms
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
MGC3 protein, Mycoplasma gallisepticum  0   *Antigens, Bacterial *Antigens, Surface *Membrane Proteins Mycoplasma. Infect Immun 2000 Jun;68(6):3186-92
Mhp1 protein, Mycoplasma  0   *Bacterial Proteins Mycoplasma. Vaccine 1997 Jan;15(1):25-35

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