Mycoplasma hominis

Mycoplasma hominis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species:
M. hominis
Binomial name
Mycoplasma hominis
(Freundt 1953) Edward 1955

Mycoplasma hominis is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma. M. hominis has the ability to penetrate the interior of human cells.[1] Along with ureaplasmas, mycoplasmas are the smallest free-living organisms known.

They have no cell wall and therefore do not Gram stain.[2]

Mycoplasma hominis is associated with pelvic inflammatory disease[3][4] and bacterial vaginosis.[5] It is also associated with male infertility.[6] This species causes a sexually transmitted infection.[7] It is susceptible to the antibiotic clindamycin.[8]

Growth of "fried egg" colonies on glucose agar medium within 24–48 hours is a characteristic of Mycoplasma hominis.[citation needed]

This pathogen may latently infect the chorionic villi tissues of pregnant women, thereby impacting pregnancy outcome.[9]

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  5. ^ Mastromarino, Paola; Vitali, Beatrice; Mosca, Luciana (2013). "Bacterial vaginosis: a review on clinical trials with probiotics" (PDF). New Microbiologica. 36 (3): 229–238. PMID 23912864.
  6. ^ C. Huang; H.L. Zhu; K.R. Xu; S.Y. Wang; L.Q. Fan; W.B. Zhu (September 2015). "Mycoplasma and ureaplasma infection and male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Andrology. 3 (5): 809–816. doi:10.1111/andr.12078. PMID 26311339. S2CID 39834287.
  7. ^ Ljubin-Sternak & Meštrović 2014, p. 1.
  8. ^ "Clindamycin" (PDF). FA Davis Company. 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. ^ Contini C, Rotondo JC, Magagnoli F, Maritati M, Seraceni S, Graziano A, Poggi A, Capucci R, Vesce F, Tognon M, Martini F (2018). "Investigation on silent bacterial infections in specimens from pregnant women affected by spontaneous miscarriage". J Cell Physiol. 234 (1): 100–9107. doi:10.1002/jcp.26952. hdl:11392/2393176. PMID 30078192.