Mycoplasma lipophilum
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| Mycoplasma lipophilum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Mycoplasma |
| Species: | M. lipophilum |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycoplasma lipophilum Del Giudice et al. 1974 | |
| Synonyms | |
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"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.
Mycoplsma 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]
