Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides

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Also known as: M.mycoides
Mycoplasma mycoides
Phylum Firmicutes
Class Mollicutes
Order Mycoplasmatales
Family Mycoplasmataceae
Genus Mycoplasma
Species M.mycoides


M.mycoides is a species of the Mycoplasmas genus. The subsp. mycoides causes Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, a severe contagious disease of cattle that is endemic in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.