Mesoplasma

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Mesomoplasma

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Mycoplasmatota

| classis = Mollicutes

| ordo = Mycoplasmatales

| familia = Entomoplasmataceae

| genus = Mesoplasma

| genus_authority = Tully et al. 1993{{Cite journal|doi=10.1099/00207713-43-2-378|title=Notes: Revised Taxonomy of the Class Mollicutes: Proposed Elevation of a Monophyletic Cluster of Arthropod-Associated Mollicutes to Ordinal Rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. Nov.), with Provision for Familial Rank to Separate Species with Nonhelical Morphology (Entomoplasmataceae fam. Nov.) from Helical Species (Spiroplasmataceae), and Emended Descriptions of the Order Mycoplasmatales, Family Mycoplasmataceae|year=1993|last1=Tully|first1=J. G.|last2=Bove|first2=J. M.|last3=Laigret|first3=F.|last4=Whitcomb|first4=R. F.|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=43|issue=2|pages=378–385 |doi-access=free}}

| type_species = Mesoplasma flora

| type_species_authority = (McCoy et al. 1984) Tully et al. 1993

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• M. chauliocola
• M. coleopterae
• M. entomophilum
• M. flora
• M. grammopterae
• M. melaleucae
• M. tabanidae

}}

Mesoplasma is a genus of bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes. Mesoplasma is related to the genus Mycoplasma but differ in several respects.{{cite journal|pmid=8863414|year=1996|last1=Pollack|first1=JD|last2=Williams|first2=MV|last3=Banzon|first3=J|last4=Jones|first4=MA|last5=Harvey|first5=L|last6=Tully|first6=JG|title=Comparative metabolism of Mesoplasma, Entomoplasma, Mycoplasma, and Acholeplasma|volume=46|issue=4|pages=885–890|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|doi=10.1099/00207713-46-4-885|doi-access=free}}