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Peculiar properties of mycoplasmas: The smallest self-replicating prokaryotes

1 Dec 1992

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Mycoplasmas are the smallest and simplest prokaryotes capable of self-replication, with information provided by a genome which may be as small as 600 kb, estimated to carry less than 500 genes. Keeping the number of structural elements, metabolic pathways and components of the protein synthesizing machinery to an essential minimum places mycoplasmas closest to the concept of 'minimum cells'. Mycoplasmas are,...

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PMID: 1478475
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb14072.x

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