Mycoplana

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Mycoplana
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Mycoplana
Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Species[2]
  • M. dimorpha Gray and Thornton 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • M. ramosa Urakami et al. 1990
  • M. segnis Urakami et al. 1990
  • "M. subbaraonis" (Ramana et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020

Mycoplana is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.[3] The cells are slightly curved or irregularly shaped rods. Initially, the cells can form filaments, which can also be branched. After some time, the filaments break up into irregular rods. Mycoplana is motile by peritrichous flagella.[3]

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