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spiroplasma Biol.|ˈspaɪərəʊplæzma| [mod.L., f. spiro + plasma.] Any of a group of pathogenic prokaryotes lacking a cell wall and related to the mycoplasmas, but characterized by their helical structure and rotatory movement.
1973Davis & Worley in Phytopathology LXIII. 407/1 In order to distinguish the organism from previously described species and to avoid possible inappropriate use of the term ‘mycoplasmalike’,..we are coining the term spiroplasma. 1976Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXX. 181 More recently, spiroplasmas have been cultivated from corn plants infected with corn stunt disease. |