Mesoplasma

Mesomoplasma
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Mycoplasmatota
Class:
Mollicutes
Order:
Mycoplasmatales
Family:
Entomoplasmataceae
Genus:
Mesoplasma

Tully et al. 1993[1]
Type species
Mesoplasma flora
(McCoy et al. 1984) Tully et al. 1993
Species
  • M. chauliocola
  • M. coleopterae
  • M. entomophilum
  • M. flora
  • M. grammopterae
  • M. melaleucae
  • M. tabanidae

Mesoplasma is a genus of bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes. Mesoplasma is related to the genus Mycoplasma but differ in several respects.[2]

  1. ^ Tully, J. G.; Bove, J. M.; Laigret, F.; Whitcomb, R. F. (1993). "Notes: Revised Taxonomy of the Class Mollicutes: Proposed Elevation of a Monophyletic Cluster of Arthropod-Associated Mollicutes to Ordinal Rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. Nov.), with Provision for Familial Rank to Separate Species with Nonhelical Morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. Nov.) from Helical Species (Spiroplasmataceae), and Emended Descriptions of the Order Mycoplasmatales, Family Mycoplasmataceae". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43 (2): 378–385. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-2-378.
  2. ^ Pollack, JD; Williams, MV; Banzon, J; Jones, MA; Harvey, L; Tully, JG (1996). "Comparative metabolism of Mesoplasma, Entomoplasma, Mycoplasma, and Acholeplasma". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 885–890. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-885. PMID 8863414.
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