Spiroplasma mirum

Spiroplasma mirum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Spiroplasma
Species:
S. mirum
Binomial name
Spiroplasma mirum
Tully et al. 1982

Spiroplasma mirum is a bacterium in the genus Spiroplasma. A strain of it, called Spiroplasma mirum strain SMCA (Suckling mouse cataract agent), causes cataracts in suckling mice.[1]

References

  1. "Spiroplasma mirum, a New Species from the Rabbit Tick (Haemaphysalis leporispalustris)". microbiologypublisher.org. Retrieved November 18, 2015.


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