Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a species of very small-cell bacteria that lack a cell wall, in the class Mollicutes. M. pneumoniae is a human pathogen that causes the disease Mycoplasma pneumonia, a form of
A) Filamentous Mycoplasma pneumoniae cells B) M. pneumoniae cells (M) attached to ciliated mucosal cells by the attachment organelle (indicated by arrow)
Schematic of the phosphorylated proteins in the attachment organelle of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Metabolism
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Metabolism refers to the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions that occur within living organisms. The three main functions of metabolism are the conversion of energy in food into a usable form fo
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
…are among the smallest self-replicating organisms, are parasitic species that lack a cell wall and periplasmic space, have reduced genomes, and limited metabolic activity. M. pneumoniae has also been designated as an arginine nonfermenting species. Mycoplasmas are further classified by the sequence composition…
Plant cells (bounded by purple walls) filled with chloroplasts (green), which are the site of photosynthesis
Santorio Santorio in his steelyard balance, from Ars de statica medicina, first published 1614