Mycoplasma mycoides
| Mycoplasma mycoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Mycoplasmatales |
| Family: | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Mycoplasma |
| Species group: | Mycoplasma mycoides group |
| Species: | M. mycoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycoplasma mycoides (Borrel et al., 1910) Freundt, 1955
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Mycoplasma mycoides is a bacterial species of the genus Mycoplasma in the class Mollicutes. This microorganism is a parasite that lives in ruminants. Mycoplasma mycoides is a bacterial species with two subspecies: M. mycoides subsp. mycoides, which causes contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in cattle, and M. mycoides subsp. capri, which causes contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in goats.