Answer» - Mycoplasma is without rigid cell wall. hence cancontort into broad range of shapes. from round to
obÍong They are called as clones of animal kingdom. - They are unicellular, non-motile & smallest prokaryotes. They form colony which is like a fried egg.
- They inhabit decaying material, excreta, soil, plants & animals.
- They are parasitic / saprozoic.
- They have both DNA & RNA but DNA is less than RNA.
- They can easily ber cultured on non-cellular culturemedium but stero is are essential for their growth
- Mcopiasma are Gram negative (G-)
- The are not sensor to any enzyme, as they arc with out wall Hence, the remain unaffected by antibiotics
like penicillin, vanconiycin, cephaloridine etc.
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