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The Mollicutes are Eubacteria that have probably been derived from Lactobacilli, Bacilli, and Streptococci by regressive evolution and genome reduction to produce the smallest and simplest free-living and self-replicating cells. The life style is in general Chapausitic. Structurally, the Mollicutes are characterized by the complete lack of a cell wall, and the presence of an internal cytoskeleton27,46.
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Dandekar, T. et al. (2002). Comparative Genome Analysis of the Mollicutes. In: Razin, S., Herrmann, R. (eds) Molecular Biology and Pathogenicity of Mycoplasmas. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47606-1_11
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