Susceptibility of mycoplasma (pleuropneumonia-like organisms) and bacterial protoplasts to lysis by various agents

ABSTRACT THE _Mycoplasma_ organisms (pleuropneumonia-like organisms, PPLO) are limited by a thin and plastic cell envelope1. The absence of diaminopimelic acid and hexosamines in

_Mycoplasma_2,3 indicates the absence of the ‘mucopeptide complex’ from their cell envelope. The thickness of the _Mycoplasma_ cell envelope was found to be ∼ 75 Å.1, which is similar to

that of the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria4. These findings might indicate that the _Mycoplasma_ have no cell wall and are limited only by a membrane resembling the cytoplasmic membrane of

bacterial protoplasts. In order to elucidate this point, a comparative study of some of the properties of the _Mycoplasma_ organisms and bacterial protoplasts was carried out. Access

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ARTICLE RAZIN, S., ARGAMAN, M. Susceptibility of _Mycoplasma_ (Pleuropneumonia-like Organisms) and Bacterial Protoplasts to Lysis by Various Agents. _Nature_ 193, 502–503 (1962).

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