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<I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> is a helical, motile bacteria without cell walls. <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> has a classic fried-egg shaped colony morphology. | <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> is a helical, motile bacteria without cell walls (1). <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> has a classic fried-egg shaped colony morphology. | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 11 January 2014
A Microbial Biorealm page on Spiroplasma melliferum
Classification
Higher Order Taxa:
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Spiroplasmataceae
Genus: Spiroplasma
Species: melliferum
NCBI Accession #: JQ347516
Description and Significance
Genome Structure
Cell and Colony Structure
Spiroplasma melliferum is a helical, motile bacteria without cell walls (1). Spiroplasma melliferum has a classic fried-egg shaped colony morphology.
Metabolism
Ecology
Endosymbiotic inhabitants.
Pathology
Pathogenicity toward various arthropods and plants (1).
Host: infects the honeybee.
