mycoplasma mycoplasma
Definition(s):
- (n) any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
Usage(s):
- Not only did Venter's team members succeed in building their own mycoplasma at their own lab benches, they also took the opportunity to rewrite its genetic score.
- Montagnier thinks it was a strain of mycoplasma that until recent years was confined to America.
News
- Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio today announced that it has received FDA clearance for a new molecular diagnostic test for Mycoplasma pneumonia , its fourth assay on the illumigene platform.on June 10, 2013 Source: Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes
- "We have completely chemically synthesised an entire Mycoplasma genitalium chromosome. It's about 580,000 nucleotides in length and we've successfully cloned the chromosome in yeast," Dr Smith said.on Jan 27, 2008 By: Hamilton O. Smith Source: New Zealand Herald
Word of the Day