Mycoplasmataceae
| Mycoplasmataceae | |
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| Mycoplasma growth on Hayflick agar from a bovine mastitis infection sample | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae Freundt, 1955 |
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Mycoplasmataceae is a family of bacteria in the order Mycoplasmatales. This family consists of Mycoplasma and four more genera.
In 1967, the order Mycoplasmatales was incorporated into the class Mollicutes. Sexually-transmitted species and Ureaplasma are classified in Mycoplasmoidaceae since 2018.