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Preferred term

Mycoplasma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Eperythrozoon
  • Haemobartonella

Note

  • infection = MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of gram-negative, mostly facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family MYCOPLASMATACEAE. The cells are bounded by a PLASMA MEMBRANE and lack a true CELL WALL. Its organisms are pathogens found on the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of humans, ANIMALS, and BIRDS.

History note

  • 1963; for HAEMOBARTONELLA use ANAPLASMATACEAE 1980-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009174

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