Mycoplasma buccale

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.

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

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]

References
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  2. Richard L. Sweet, Ronald S. Gibbs. Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
  3. Freundt, E. A.; Taylor-Robinson, D.; Purcell, R. H.; Chanock, R. M.; Black, F. T. (1974). "Proposal of Mycoplasma buccale nom. nov. and Mycoplasma faucium nom. nov. for Mycoplasma orale "Types" 2 and 3, Respectively". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 24 (2): 252–255. doi:10.1099/00207713-24-2-252. ISSN 0020-7713.
  4. Rawadi, G.; Dujeancourt-Henry, A.; Lemercier, B.; Roulland-Dussoix, D. (1998). "Note: Phylogenetic position of rare human mycoplasmas, Mycoplasma faucium, M. buccale, M. primatum and M. spermatophilum, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (1): 305–309. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-1-305. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9542101.
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  6. Aoki, Shigeji; Ito, Shoko; Watanabe, Takehiko (1979). "UV Survival of Human Mycoplasmas: Evidence of Dark Reactivation in Mycoplasma buccale". Microbiology and Immunology. 23 (3): 147–158. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1979.tb00451.x. ISSN 0385-5600. PMID 481259. S2CID 12534495.


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