Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 1SA
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To determine:
The reason as to why mycoplasmas are able to survive a relatively wide range of osmotic conditions even after lacking cell walls.
Introduction:
Mycoplasma is a genus of prokaryotes, in which cell wall is not present over their cell membranes. As they do not consist of cell wall, many antibiotics that target cell wall cannot affect Mycoplasma.
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