Mycoplasmatales
[ mī′kō-plăz′mə-tā′lēz ]
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n.
An order of gram-negative nonmotile bacteria that do not possess a true cell wall but are instead enclosed by a three-layered membrane and include pathogenic and saprophytic species, such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
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