Phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas.
The phylogenetic relationships between the mycoplasmas and bacteria have been established from a comparative analysis of their 16S rRNA oligonucleotide catalogs. The genera Mycoplasma, Spiroplasma, and Acholeplasma arose by degenerative evolution, as a deep branch of the subline of clostridial ancestry that led to Bacillus and Lactobacillus. Thermoplasma has no specific relationship to the other mycoplasmas; it belongs with the archaebacteria.
D000127:Acholeplasma / Q000235:genetics; D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000235:genetics; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics*; D009179:Mycoplasmatales / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D013149:Spiroplasma / Q000235:genetics; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000235:genetics; D013822:Thermoplasma / Q000235:genetics
D012335:RNA, Ribosomal