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Mycoplasma
Definition 1
A genus of nonmotile facultatively anaerobic bacteria that lack a true cell wall, are gram-negative, and require sterol for growth. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Mycoplasma genus level. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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