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Explain nature & features of mycoplasma ?

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Salient features of Mycoplasma

  1. Mycoplasma is without rigid cell wall, hence can contort into broad range of shapes, from round to oblong.
    They are called as clones of animal kingdom
  2. They are unicellular, non-motile & smallest prokaryotes. They form colony which is like a fried egg
  3. They inhabit decaying material, excreta, soil, plants & animals.
  4. They are parasitic / saprozoic.
  5. They have both DNA & RNA but DNA is less than RNA.
  6. They can easily ber cultured on non-cellular culture medium but sterols are essential for their growth
  7. Mycoplasma are Gram negative (G“)
  8. They are not sensory to any enzyme, as they are without cell wall. Hence, they remain unaffected by antibiotics like penicillin, vancomycin, cephaloridine etc

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