Mycoplasma
| Categorization | |
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| Cell Wall Absent | Shape: Pleomorphic |
| Life Cycle: Facultative Anaerobe | |
| Overview |
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- Mycoplasma are extremely small organisms which are bound only by an inner lipid membrane (See: Bacterial Cell Wall). Because they lack a rigid peptidoglycan layer, Mycoplasma do not have a particular shape and are thus considered "Pleomorphic".
| Treatment |
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- Because they do not contain a peptidoglycan layer, beta-lactam antibiotics are useless against Mycoplasma therapeutically. Instead, anti-ribosomal antibiotics such as erythromycin and doxycycline are used.
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