Bacterium
mycoplasmataceae
Subclass of:
Mycoplasmatales (bacterium)
Definitions related to mycoplasmataceae:
  • A family of gram-negative, non-motile bacteria from human and animal sources. One saprophytic species is known.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A taxonomic family of parasitic and pathogenic bacterium, which require sterols to grow, in the phylum Tenericutes that includes the genera Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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