Mycoplasma penetrans

Mycoplasma penetrans
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species: M. penetrans
Binomial name
Mycoplasma penetrans
Lo et al. 1992

Mycoplasma penetrans is a species of Gram-positive bacteria.[1][2] It is pathogenic, though many infected show no symptoms. It is a sexually transmitted disease though an infant may be infected during birth.[3][4]

Description

It has an elongated shape and its cells possess two internal compartments, one packed with granules, the other filled with coarse granules (consistent with ribosomal structures). The organism has properties of adherence, hemadsorption and cytadsorption and invades different types of mammalian cells. The type strain is strain GTU-54-6A1 (= ATCC 55252).This particular species is a sexually transmitted disease and one cause of pelvic inflammatory disease.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Gallego, Pablo; Planell, Raquel; Benach, Jordi; Querol, Enrique; Perez-Pons, Joseph A.; Reverter, David (October 17, 2012). "Structural Characterization of the Enzymes Composing the Arginine Deiminase Pathway in Mycoplasma penetrans". PLOS ONE. 7 (10): Article No.: e47886. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047886. PMC 3474736. PMID 23082227. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Lo, S.-C.; Hayes, M. M.; Tully, J. G.; Wang, R. Y.-H.; Kotani, H.; Pierce, P. F.; Rose, D. L.; Shih, J. W.-K. (1992). "Mycoplasma penetrans sp. nov., from the Urogenital Tract of Patients with AIDS". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 42 (3): 357–364. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-3-357. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 1503969.
  3. ↑ Yáñez A, Cedillo L, Neyrolles O, et al. (1999). "Mycoplasma penetrans bacteremia and primary antiphospholipid syndrome". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 5 (1): 164–7. doi:10.3201/eid0501.990122. PMC 2627698. PMID 10081687.
  4. ↑ Ljubin-Sternak, Sunčanica; Meštrović, Tomislav (2014). "Chlamydia trachomatis and Genital Mycoplasmas: Pathogens with an Impact on Human Reproductive Healthogens with an Impact on Human Reproductive Health". Journal of Pathogens. 2014: 1–15. doi:10.1155/2014/183167. PMC 4295611. PMID 25614838.
  5. ↑ Ljubin-Sternak, Suncanica; Mestrovic, Tomislav (2014). "Review: Clamydia trachonmatis and Genital Mycoplasmias: Pathogens with an Impact on Human Reproductive Health". Journal of Pathogens. 2014 (183167): 1–15. doi:10.1155/2014/183167. PMC 4295611. PMID 25614838.

Further reading

  • Sasaki, Y. (2002). "The complete genomic sequence of Mycoplasma penetrans, an intracellular bacterial pathogen in humans". Nucleic Acids Research. 30 (23): 5293–5300. doi:10.1093/nar/gkf667. ISSN 1362-4962. PMC 137978. PMID 12466555.
  • Wang, R.Y.-H.; Hayes, M.M.; Wear, D.J.; Lo, S.C.; Shih, J.W.-K.; Alter, H.J.; Grandinetti, T.; Pierce, P.F. (1992). "High frequency of antibodies to Mycoplasma penetrans in HIV-infected patients". The Lancet. 340 (8831): 1312–1316. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(92)92493-Y. ISSN 0140-6736.
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