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Grade 11Botany

Why mycoplasma is called pleuropneumonia like organism

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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9 Years ago
HI DEAR
All organisms which causes pleuropneumonia in cattle are called as pleuropneumonia like organisms,The mycoplasmas are 'Pleuropneumonia-like organisms' or (PPLO), discovered by Nocard and Roux (1898). They were first isolated from bovine sheep
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