| Cross Index | Acholeplasma |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria, Mycoplasmas (Mollicutes) |
| Compare | Acholeplasma, Anaeroplasma, Asteroleplasma anaerobium, Mycoplasma, Spiroplasma,Ureaplasma |
| Contrast | Archaea:Thermoplasma |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Acholeplasma |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram-negative |
| Morphology | Cells spherical, with a minimum diameter of 300 nm, and filamentous, usually 2-5 um in length |
| Motility | .. Nonmotile |
| Specialized structures | Cells are bounded by a plasma membrane only. Generally more susceptible to lysis by osmotic shock at 37`C than other mycoplasmas |
| Division | Modes of reproduction are as for the genus Mycoplasma.. |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Acholeplasma |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | Facultative anaerobes, having a fermentative type of metabolism |
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| Genome | Acholeplasma |
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| Reference | Acholeplasma |
| First citation | Edward,D.G.ff.and E.A. Freundt (1970) Amended nomenclature for strains related to Mycoplasma laidlawii J. Gen. Microbiol 62:1-2 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 775 J. G. Tully |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 705 |
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