Mycoplasma genitalium
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Mycoplasma genitalium is a small parasitic bacterium which lives on the ciliated epithelial cells of the primate genital and respiratory tracts.
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Mycoplasma genitalium | |
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Gene map of Mycoplasma genitalium. Circularly arranged coloured bands are the genes (525 in number) in their position in the DNA. The genome has 580,070 base pairs (580 kb). | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Tenericutes |
Class: | Mollicutes |
Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
Genus: | Mycoplasma |
Species: | M. genitalium |
Binomial name | |
Mycoplasma genitalium Tully et al., 1983 | |
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It has one of the smallest known genomes,[1] and is one of the smallest bacteria. Other very small bacteria are the endosymbiont Candidatus Carsonella ruddii, and the recently discovered bacterium Nanoarchaeum. The smallest known free living bacterium is Pelagibacter ubique with 1.3 Mb.[2]