Overview

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Mycoplasma muris, (aka Malacoplasma muris), is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, anaerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 24.9%. Mycoplasma muris is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Mcgarrity1983)

This organism has been recovered from mice. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Mcgarrity1983);

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	Character	Response
	Substrates hydrolysed or digested:	arginine;
🌡	Temperature tolerance:	Grows optimally at 37℃.

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References

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SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR MYCOPLASMA MURIS

Mcgarrity1983 - Mycoplasma muris, a New Species from Laboratory Mice

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GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR MYCOPLASMA MURIS

De2020 - Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiome and resistome of diarrheal fecal samples from Kolkata, India, reveals the core and variable microbiota including signatures of microbial dark matter.

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