Organisms

Tenericutes

A phylum of gram-negative bacteria consisting of cells bounded by a plasma membrane. Its organisms differ from other bacteria in that they are devoid of cell walls. This phylum was formerly the class Mollicutes. Mollicutes is now the sole class in the phylum Tenericutes.

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A phylum of gram-negative bacteria consisting of cells bounded by a plasma membrane. Its organisms differ from other bacteria in that they are devoid of cell walls. This phylum was formerly the class Mollicutes. Mollicutes is now the sole class in the phylum Tenericutes.

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  • Mollicutes

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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2011 (1976)

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  1. B03w.440w.860w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tenericutes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008973. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008973
  2. Tenericutes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenericutes
  3. Tenericutes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908484