Mycoplasma orale
| Mycoplasma orale | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Mycoplasma |
| Species: | M. orale |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycoplasma orale Taylor-Robinson et al. 1964 | |
| Synonyms | |
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"Mycoplasma pharyngis" Clyde 1964, "Schizoplasma orale" (Taylor-Robinson et al. 1964) Furness 1968 | |
Mycoplasma orale 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 orale is a common laboratory contaminant. Humans are its only know host. It is spread by sneezing and regularly cultured from throat cultures and causes no symptoms.[3] It is found in primates.[4] It can cause opportunistic abcesses in immunocompromised patients.[5]
The type strain is ATCC 23714 = CIP 104969 = IFO (now NBRC) 14477 = NCTC 10112.[6]
References
- ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 409–12. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
- ↑ Richard L. Sweet; Ronald S. Gibbs. Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
- ↑ "How do mycoplasmas enter my cell cultures?". Bionique Testing Labobatories, Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ↑ Berger, Stephen (2014). GIDEON guide to medically important bacteria. Los Angeles, California: GIDEON Informatics Inc. ISBN 9781617558412.
- ↑ Paessler, Michelle; Levinson, Arnold; Patel, Jean Baldus; Schuster, Mindy; Minda, Melanie; Nachamkin, Irving (2002). "Disseminated Mycoplasma orale infection in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency syndrome". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 44 (2): 201–204. doi:10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00429-7. ISSN 0732-8893.
- ↑ Parte, A. C. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, bacterio.net. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
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