Acholeplasmataceae
Sign in to saveAcholeplasmataceae is a family of bacteria. It is the only family in the order Acholeplasmatales, placed in the class Mollicutes. The family comprises the genera Acholeplasma and Phytoplasma. Phytoplasma has the candidatus status, because members still could not be cultured.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumFirmicutes
- ClassBacilli
- OrderAcholeplasmatales
- FamilyAcholeplasmataceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Acholeplasmataceae
- Collections
- CIIDIR-IPN
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
1,822 papersvia PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Classification
- See also
- References
Acholeplasmataceae is a family of bacteria. It is the only family in the order Acholeplasmatales, placed in the class Mollicutes. The family comprises the genera Acholeplasma and Phytoplasma. Phytoplasma has the candidatus status, because members still could not be cultured.
Etymology: The names Acholeplasmataceae and Acholetoplasmatales are derived from the Greek a = not, cholè = bile and plasma = anything moulded or formed. Species in the order Acholeplasmatales can grow in a medium without cholesterol, unlike species in the order Mycoplasmatales. Cholesterol, a sterol, is an important component of the cell membrane of mycoplasmas, whereas in acholeplasmas and in bacteria in general it is absent.
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