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order Mycoplasmatales

order Mycoplasmatales

9.9
A group of bacteria that do not have cell walls and include germs that cause disease in animals
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrdər ˌmaɪkəˈplæmɪtælz/
  • Specialized
: orden Mycoplasmatales
  • Bacteria within the order Mycoplasmatales are characterized by their lack of cell walls.

Examples

  • The order Mycoplasmatales includes several pathogens important in veterinary medicine.

  • Research on the order Mycoplasmatales has revealed unique adaptations to their parasitic lifestyles.

  • The order Mycoplasmatales includes several important pathogens.

  • Many researchers study the order Mycoplasmatales for its unique characteristics.

  • Bacteria within the order Mycoplasmatales are characterized by their lack of cell walls.

  • The order Mycoplasmatales includes several pathogens important in veterinary medicine.

  • Research on the order Mycoplasmatales has revealed unique adaptations to their parasitic lifestyles.

Synonyms

Mycoplasmatales
vsorder Mycoplasmatales
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of bacteria that do not have a cell wall

is the same concept expressed as a descriptive phrase rather than the name
Mycoplasmataceae
vsorder Mycoplasmatales
  • Specialized
9.9

A family of very small bacteria without a cell wall that often cause infections in animals and people

is the order label that covers the same organisms despite different rank term

Surface Forms

order Mycoplasmatales singular
order Mycoplasmatales plural

Morphology

order + Mycoplasmatales

The noun phrase is fully compositional: 'order' denotes a taxonomic rank and 'Mycoplasmatales' names the bacterial group, so together they straightforwardly mean the taxonomic order consisting of Mycoplasmatales. Although the term is technical, the naming pattern is regular in biological taxonomy (and paralleled across languages), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Order Mycoplasmatales The word order is like a big folder scientists use to put related living things into a 'group', and Mycoplasmatales comes from parts myco- meaning 'fungus' and -plasma meaning 'formed' or 'body' because early scientists thought these tiny, soft cells looked fungus-like. So order Mycoplasmatales means the named 'group' of simple bacteria that do not have cell walls.