Spiroplasma mirum

Spiroplasma mirum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Tenericutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Entomoplasmatales
Family: Spiroplasmataceae
Genus: Spiroplasma
Species: S. mirum
Binomial name
Spiroplasma mirum
Tully et al. 1982

Spiroplasma mirum is a bacterium in the genus Spiroplasma. A strain of it, called Spiroplasma mirum strain SMCA (Suckling mouse cateract agent), causes cataracts in suckling mice.[1]

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