Mycoplasma lipophilum

Mycoplasma lipophilum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species: M.  lipophilum
Binomial name
Mycoplasma lipophilum
Del Giudice et al. 1974
Synonyms

"Mycoplasma lipophiliae" (sic) Del Giudice and Carski 1968.

Mycoplasma lipophilum 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.

M. lipophilum appears to be relatively rare in humans and was initially isolated from the human oral cavity. [3] It also has been cultured from primates. [4]

The type strain is strain ATCC 27104 = IFO (now NBRC) 14895 = NCTC 10173.[5]

References

  1. Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 409–12. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
  2. Richard L. Sweet, Ronald S. Gibbs. Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
  3. Delgiudice, R. A.; Purcell, R. H.; Carski, T. R.; Chanock, R. M. (1974). "Mycoplasma lipophilum sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 24 (2): 147–153. doi:10.1099/00207713-24-2-147. ISSN 0020-7713.
  4. Berger, Stephen (2014). GIDEON guide to medically important bacteria. Los Angeles, California: GIDEON Informatics Inc. ISBN 9781617558412.
  5. Parte, A. C. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, bacterio.net. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
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