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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