Acholeplasma laidlawii

Acholeplasma laidlawii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Acholeplasmatales
Family: Acholeplasmataceae
Genus: Acholeplasma
Species:
A. laidlawii
Binomial name
Acholeplasma laidlawii
(Sabin 1941) Edward and Freundt 1970[1]

Acholeplasma laidlawii are small bacteria which lack a cell wall.[2] Like other Acholeplasma and Mycoplasma, A. laidlawii has been identified as a common contaminant of growth media for cell culture.[3]

  1. ^ Parte, A.C. "Acholeplasma". LPSN.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lazarev2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Windsor HM; Windsor GD; Noordergraaf JH (March 2010). "The growth and long term survival of Acholeplasma laidlawii in media products used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing". Biologicals. 38 (2): 204–210. doi:10.1016/j.biologicals.2009.11.009. PMID 20153666.