Comparison of three Mollicute species
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum | Spiroplasma melliferum | Acholeplasma laidlawii | |
Ecology | turkeys, chickens, game birds, pigeons | arthropods and plants | commensal of plants and saprophyte |
Genome size (mb) | 0.98 | 1.25 | 1.4 |
Number of genes | 812 | 1259 | 1419 |
GC content (%) | 31 | 27 | 32 |
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Phylogenetic of Mollicutes
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A - Phylogenetic position of Mollicutes among bacteria, using 16S rRNA sequences. Oshima, K; Maejima, K; Namba, S (2013). "Genomic and evolutionary aspects of phytoplasmas". Frontiers in Microbiology. 4: 230. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00230. PMC 3743221free to read. PMID 23966988. B - Phylogenetic of Mollicute classes based on alignments of orthologs conserved between all species.
Alexa Fluor 568 phalloidin fluorescence showing eukaryotic cell F-actin stained red, DAPI fluorescence showing cell nuclei and mycoplasmas stained blue.
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