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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Mycoplasma |
| Species: | M. spermatophilum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycoplasma spermatophilum Hill 1991
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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
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- ^ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 409–12. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Richard L. Sweet, Ronald S. Gibbs (1985). Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. ISBN 9780683080384.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mycoplasma spermatophilum - Information on Mycoplasma spermatophilum - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ Berger, Stephen (2014). GIDEON guide to medically important bacteria. Los Angeles, California: GIDEON Informatics Inc. ISBN 9781617558412.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Parte, A. C. "Mycoplasma". LPSN, LPSN. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
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