Mycoplasma vs. Bacteria — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mycoplasma and Bacteria
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Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma (plural mycoplasmas or mycoplasmata) is a genus of bacteria that lack a cell wall around their cell membranes. This characteristic makes them naturally resistant to antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis (like the beta-lactam antibiotics).
Bacteria
Bacteria ( (listen); common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) are a type of biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms.
Mycoplasma
Any of a group of small typically parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and sometimes cause diseases.
Bacteria
Plural of bacterium.
Mycoplasma
Any of various extremely small bacteria of the genus Mycoplasma that lack cell walls, are usually nonmotile, and are often pathogenic or parasitic in mammals.
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Bacteria
(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
Mycoplasma
Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Bacteria
Alternative form of bacterium.
Mycoplasma
The smallest self-reproducing prokaryote; lacks a cell wall and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
Bacteria
Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
Bacteria
An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
Bacteria
See Bacterium.
Bacteria
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants
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