Mycoplasma spermatophilum

Short description: Species of bacterium

Mycoplasma spermatophilum

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Bacteria
Phylum:  | Mycoplasmatota
Class:  | Mollicutes
Order:  | Mycoplasmatales
Family:  | Mycoplasmataceae
Genus:  | Mycoplasma
Species:  |

M. spermatophilum

Binomial name
Mycoplasma spermatophilum

Hill 1991

Mycoplasma spermatophilum  is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma. This genus of bacteria lacks a cell wall around their cell membrane.[1][2] 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,[3] can survive without oxygen and are typically about 0. 1 µm in diameter.

This mycoplasma species was originally isolated from human spermatozoa and a human cervix. It has been rare in humans because it was recovered from only 1 to 2% of the samples examined in two surveys. These initial samples were collected at a fertility clinic where it was noted that either eggs did not become fertilized with infected sperm or fertilized eggs did not implant in in vitro fertilization procedures.[4][5][6] The genome of this species has been partially sequenced.[7]

The type strain is AH159 = ATCC 49695 = CIP 105549 = NCTC 11720.[8]

## References

1. ↑ Yu, Jie; Yu, Shanshan; Zhu, Liye; Sun, Xuan; Lu, Boqi; Li, Jian; Hu, Yuecheng; Li, Peijun (2022-08-30). "Is there an association between recurrent spontaneous abortion and mycoplasma infection?" (in en). The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 16 (8): 1302–1307. doi:10.3855/jidc.15134. ISSN 1972-2680. PMID 36099373. https://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/36099373.
2. ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 409–12. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
3. ↑ Richard L. Sweet, Ronald S. Gibbs (1985). Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. ISBN 9780683080384. https://archive.org/details/infectiousdiseas00swee_0.
4. ↑ Hill, A. C. (1991). "Mycoplasma spermatophilum, a New Species Isolated from Human Spermatozoa and Cervix". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 41 (2): 229–233. doi:10.1099/00207713-41-2-229. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 1854637.
5. ↑ "Mycoplasma spermatophilum - Information on Mycoplasma spermatophilum - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/1002270/overview.
6. ↑ Berger, Stephen (2014). GIDEON guide to medically important bacteria. Los Angeles, California: GIDEON Informatics Inc. ISBN 9781617558412.
7. ↑ 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.
8. ↑ Parte, A. C.. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, LPSN. https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/mycoplasma.

Wikidata ☰ Q20721430 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma spermatophilum. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Mycoplasma_spermatophilum&oldid=876386"