Talk:Mycoplasma

message: Has anybody an idea of how many people are infected with mycoplasmas (e.g infections with M. pneumonia or M.hominis? I can not find any data about this. I think that this is due to the effect that, although mycoplasmas can cause respiratory and urogenital diseases, most people are chronically infected without any apparent illness (so that the illness remains clinically silent)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.58.253.57 (talk) 18:20, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No idea if this is accurate, but a book I'm reading called The Bacteria Menace says that all of North America is. Bit odd-sounding though, isn't it? DarkestMoonlight (talk) 16:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many people are infected with mycoplasma? 

message: "Mycoplasma is a genus of small microorganisms that resemble bacteria" [ph1]
but, 
"The genus Mycoplasma is one of several genera within the class Mollicutes. Mollicutes are bacteria... "[ph2]
Mollicutes=bacteria, mycoplasma=subset of mollicutes, therefore mycoplasma=bacteria, or not... ? 
Or "Mycoplasma is a genus of small bacterium that lack cell walls and have small genomes and low GC-content (18-40 mol%)," getting rid of "resemble"... ?--Renice 15:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Resemble" bacteria? 

message: This article has been graded at 'start' level.  What is missing?  What needs to be done?
Robwaldo 23:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Start grade 

message: I would like to propose a paragraph or so re the ongoing research involving mycoplasma and cancer. Since the 1990's, scientists have been studying such an association, with the most prominent American being Lo of the Armed Services Institute of pathology, Bethesda. 
At the moment, I have---in addition to Lo's seminal study---14 article abstracts demonstrating this association, both in vivo, and in the clinical setting. For example, scientists have noted a strong association between Mycoplasma hyorhinis and gastric carcinoma. I think this is significant given the fact that H.pylori is now considered a prime suspect in gastric carcinoma, and that represents one of the first associations recognized by the medical profession, of a cancer/bacterial association. [BTW, these findings represent an interesting shift from the usual and traditional cancer/virus research which has been ongoing since the 1960's].
I'd appreciate some feedback on this proposal before submitting an edit. Regards Ronsword 15:19, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mycoplasma and cancer 

message: A book I'm reading says that all of North America is infected...
DarkestMoonlight (talk) 16:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely.  We all have it...  :|    TeamZissou (talk) 22:44, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this true? 

message: It says "An older name for Mycoplasma was PleuroPneumonia-Like Organisms (PPLO), referring to organisms similar to the causative agent of CBPP."  However, there is no explanation of what CBPP is.  I guess it's something like Community-Base Pleuropneuomnia, but I'm not sure.  There's no use linking to the Wikipedia article on CBPP, which is about a radio station.  Could someone please clarify?
Wiki88V (talk) 18:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unknown abbreviation "CBPP" 

message: Hi all! I am an exchange student studying at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, Sweden. My partner and I added the newest section titled "Links to Cancer" for a Wikipedia research project for our Zoonoses and Epidemiology course. Even though we read the comments about whether or not this section should be added and if it would be relevant, we decided to go ahead and edit the page. We were able to find an abundance of current research (we were a bit skeptical after reading the discussion), which gives me the impression that this is at least a little important from the medical standpoint. The amount of research papers and articles we found enabled us to make a more significant contribution to the page than previously expected.  We attempted to make it clear that the possibility of a link to cancer is present, but not a certainty. Please feel free to make suggestions, add to, or tell us about corrections that need to be made and about any additional research that has been done - we are thrilled to be a part of such a great ongoing project!
Leahctemple (talk) 11:11, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links to Cancer 

message: In my most recent searches of the medical literature on the 'links' between cancers and mycoplasma infections there seems to be a pretty strong consensus that the little germs indeed are strongly implicated in a number of cancers. The language in the article does not match the language that I am reading in reliable, review-level medical journal articles.  So, yes.  You can catch cancer.
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thread_title: Links to cancer pretty certain

message: can mycaplasma pneum. effece the brain. headaches? janet h.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.74.220.101 (talk) 04:59, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  mycoplasm. 

message: How many spices in mycoplasma Scienty sundar (talk) 05:19, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  mycoplasma 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello all- I just did some copyediting to the Characteristics section. Among other edits for punctuation and readability, I changed "were discovered" to "have been found". If the meaning of "were discovered" was really "were first discovered", would someone please let me know, or make the change (including "first" for clarity)? Thanks in advance. Eric talk 19:52, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording change in Characteristics section 

message: ... Come on. We know what it's shaped like. It's right there in the name. That's not a flask.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:449:4581:6920:0:0:0:89C6 (talk) 08:06, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because it lives in people's urethras and genitals doesn't mean it looks like one. Artoria2e5 🌉 03:57, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "For example, M. genitalium is flask-shaped" 

message: With Gupta 2018 scattering Mycoplasma all over Mollicutes, this page is going to need a move sooner or later. Most of the content apply to all Mollicutes and so that would be the main target of our move; we will need to leave a  on the new mycoides-centric Mycoplasma so people know where to look. We will at least need to create some of newer the families & genera pages too. That's gonna be a lot of work and I'm not sure I want to do it, but it is the right and neat thing to do.
Well, unless Gupta's changes somehow magically get reverted. With JO 122 I don't see it coming. Artoria2e5 🌉 04:03, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gupta, possible move