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1975

Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

 

This photograph depicts a number of Gram-negative Mycoplasma hominis, and T-strain Mycoplasma isolates, which had been grown on agar medium,

 

Members of the genus Mycoplasma lack a cell wall, and are therefore, difficult to treat with many antibiotics, which have a negative affect on bacterial cell-wall synthesis such as penicillin.

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