Mesoplasma

Mesomoplasma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Tenericutes
Class:	Mollicutes
Order:	Entomoplasmatales
Family:	Entomoplasmataceae
Genus:	Mesoplasma Tully et al. 1993^[1]
Species
Mesoplasma chauliocola Tully et al. 1994 Mesoplasma coleopterae Tully et al. 1994 Mesoplasma corruscae Tully et al. 1994 Mesoplasma entomophilum (Tully et al. 1988) Tully et al. 1993 Mesoplasma florum (McCoy et al. 1984) Tully et al. 1993 Mesoplasma grammopterae Tully et al. 1994 Mesoplasma lactucae (Rose et al. 1990) Tully et al. 1993 Mesoplasma photuris Tully et al. 1994 Mesoplasma pleciae Tully et al. 1994 Mesoplasma seiffertii (Bonnet et al. 1991) Tully et al. 1993 Mesoplasma syrphidae Tully et al. 1994 Mesoplasma tabanidae Tully et al. 1994

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

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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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