Write a short note on Mycoplasma.

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(N/A) Mycoplasma are organisms that completely lack a cell wall.
$\rightarrow$ They are the smallest living cells known and can survive without oxygen.
$\rightarrow$ Many mycoplasma are pathogenic in animals and plants.
$\rightarrow$ Mycoplasma are the simplest free-living prokaryotes.
$\rightarrow$ They are also known as $PPLO$ (Pleuropneumonia-like organisms).

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