Mycoplasma are bacteria that lack a conventional cell wall. They are capable of replication. Mycoplasma cause various diseases in humans, animals, and plants. There are seven species of mycoplasma that are known to cause disease in humans. Mycoplasma...

Mycoplasma are the smallest of the free-living organisms; unlike viruses, mycoplasma can reproduce outside of living cells. Many species within the genus Mycoplasma thrive as parasites in human, bird, and animal hosts. Some species can cause disease in...

Micro-organisms that do not possess a cell wall. Mycoplasmas can form colonies on media enriched with bodily fluids such as serum. The group includes organisms that are PATHOGENIC to animals and man, but not all possess this...

Prokaryotes which overlap viruses in size (100–300 nm). They do not have one typical shape but can appear coceoid, filamentous or highly...

Mycoplasma is a genus of bacteria that lack a cell wall. Because they lack a cell wall, they are unaffected by some antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis. They can be parasitic or saprophytic....

It's another step in the quest to create artificial organisms: Scientists have synthesized the complete DNA of a type of bacteria. The experiment, published online Thursday by the journal Science, isn't a living germ, just its genetic structure.But scientists from Maryland's J. Craig Venter Institute...

An organism that may have played a part in killing thousands of bighorn sheep in the West over the last five decades and in thwarting repopulation efforts has been isolated in a lab and found in struggling bighorn herds in the wild, biologists say.Research done...

Genetics pioneer Craig Venter, who synthesized the complete DNA of a bacterium, didn't bring it to life, but he told The Associated Press on Friday he hopes that big step will happen in a matter of months.Venter said such a process could ultimately lead to...

Rhode Island officials canceled school Thursday for more than 20,000 students while health experts search for any connection between a suspected case of meningitis and a second-grader's encephalitis death two weeks ago."Given the parents' concerns and our concerns, we felt that out of abundance of...