mycoplasma
Definitions
Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Examples
“Officials are investigating whether the illness was caused by mycoplasma, a common bacteria known as walking pneumonia.”
“It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point⟳ of view⟳ that is not universally accepted.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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