Mycoplasma fermentans
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| Mycoplasma fermentans Freundt, 1955 [1]
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Mycoplasma fermentans is a very small bacterium in the class Mollicutes. Like other mycoplasmas M. fermentans is characterized by the absence of a peptidoglycan cell wall and resulting resistance to many antibacterial agents. It is a possible human pathogen with roles suggested in many illness such as respiratory, genital and rheumatoid diseases[2] among others. There is also a possible link to it being a cofactor in HIV infection[3]. Due to its incredibly small size it is difficult to determine the full extent of its role in human diseases, research at the current point has not conclusively proven its pathogenicity in humans outside of opportunistic infections.
References
- ^ Freundt, E. A. "The classification of the pleuropneumonia group of organisms (Borrelomycetales)." International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 5.2 (1955): 67-78.
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