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organism
(or´gә-niz″әm)
an individual animal or plant.
pleuropneumonialike organisms
PPLO; originally, a group of filtrable microorganisms similar to Mycoplasma mycoides, the causative agent of pleuropneumonia in cattle, which have been isolated from humans and other animals such as sheep, goats, dogs, rats, mice. They are now classified
as bacteria and have been assigned to various species of the genus Mycoplasma.

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