Mycoplasma hominis is a facultative human pathogen primarily associated with bacterial vaginosis and pelvic inflammatory disease, but it is also able to spread to other sites, leading to arthritis or, in neonates, meningitis. With a minimal set of 537 annotated genes, M. hominis is the second smallest self-replicating mycoplasma and thus an ideal model organism for studying the effects of an in...

A gene from Mycoplasma hominis PG21 similar to the tuf gene encoding the elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) of Escherichia coli was cloned and sequenced. The 1193-bp open reading frame flanked by a putative promoter and a potential stem-and-loop structure encoded a 44-kDa polypeptide. The tuf gene of M. hominis PG21 has the lowest G + C content seen in prokaryotes (38.2%). A gene (mhlmp1) encoding a ...

results among 100 samples from infertile males, the presence of genus mycoplasma was confirmed in 45 cases of which 15 cases were infected with m. hominis. among 100 samples from infertile female, the presence of genus mycoplasma was confirmed in 43 cases of which 18 case were infected with m. hominis. the positive samples were sequenced and the phylogenetic tree was plotted. conclusions the re...

infertility in famale is one of the most important sequela of genital infection with chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum. in the present study the frequency of these bacteries was studied in 125 infertile female by direct and indirect immunofluorscence tests and culture method and compared with 250 normal population. mycoplasma hominis was isolated from 32 (35.6...

Anderson, Douglas R. (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.), and Michael F. Barile. Ultrastructure of Mycoplasma hominis. J. Bacteriol. 90:180-192. 1965.-Both thin-sectioning and negative staining were used in an electron microscopic study of the morphology of pleuropneumonia-like organism (PPLO) strain HEp-2 (Mycoplasma hominis, type I) grown in an artificial liquid medium. The morphology ...