AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1999

  • question_answer
    Mycoplasmas are also called PPLO, which is an abbreviation of

    A)  pentose phosphate-led oxidation

    B)  parasitic prokaryote-like organisms

    C)  pleuropneumonia and plant-like organisms

    D)  pleuropneumonia-like organisms

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    : Mycoplasma are also called as pleuro pneumonia like organisms or PPLO, which lack cell wall and have no shape (i.e., pleiomorphic). PPLO are the smallest organisms. The smallest cell so far discovered is of Mycoplasma gallisepticum having a diameter of\[0.1\,\mu \].


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