pleuropneumonia-like organism
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
A slow-growing pathogen which measures 0.25 µm in diameter, lacks cell wall precursors (N-acetyl glucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid), divides by binary fusion and fragmentation, and has CO2 and NH3 as end products of ureaplasma enzymatic hydrolysis.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
pleuropneumonia-like organism
Mycoplasma pneumoniae, see there. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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