General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00873)
MIC Name	Mycoplasma mycoides (mycoplasmas)
MIC Synonyms	Asterococcus mycoides
Body Site	Lung
Lineage	Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Tenericutes Class: Mollicutes Order: Mycoplasmatales Family: Mycoplasmataceae Genus: Mycoplasma Species: Mycoplasma mycoides
Oxygen Sensitivity	Facultative anaerobe
Microbial Metabolism	Saccharolytic; Fermentative
Gram	Positive
Genome Size (bp)	1211703
Description	Mycoplasma mycoides is a facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive bacterium. This microorganism is a parasite that lives in ruminants. Mycoplasma mycoides comprises two subspecies, mycoides and capri, which infect cattle and small ruminants such as goats respectively.
External Links	Taxonomy ID	2102
	Genome Assembly ID	ASM80078v1
	GOLD Organism ID	Go0208268
Disease Relevance
Pneumonia  [ICD-11: CA40]
Description	Mycoplasma mycoides can cause pleuropneumonia.				[1]

Host Immune Factors (HIFs)
B cells
HIF ID	HIFC0001	HIF Info	Class	B cells (BCs)
Description	Mycoplasma mycoides stimulation induced the early lymphocyte transformation response which might be associated with B cells.				[2]
Thymus-derived cells
HIF ID	HIFC0031	HIF Info	Class	T cells (TCs)
Description	At the species level, Mycoplasma mycoides is associated with thymus-derived cells responses.				[2]

Environmental Factor(s)
Disbiome ID			90

References
1	Host-Pathogen Interactions of Mycoplasma mycoides in Caprine and Bovine Precision-Cut Lung Slices (PCLS) Models. Pathogens. 2019 Jun 20;8(2):82. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8020082.
2	Cell-mediated immune response in cattle to Mycoplasma mycoides var. mycoides.Infect Immun. 1973 Sep;8(3):349-54. doi: 10.1128/IAI.8.3.349-354.1973.

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