Mycoplasma buccale

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Mycoplasma buccale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species:
M. buccale
Binomial name
Mycoplasma buccale
Freundt et al. 1974

Mycoplasma buccale 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.

It was first described in 1974 and is considered a rare inhabitant of humans.[3][4] The type strain is strain ATCC 23636 = CIP 105530 = IFO (now NBRC) 14851 = NCTC 10136.[5] This species is noted for its ability to recover from the damaging effects of UV light, which usually is fatal to other mycoplasma species tested.[6]

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