Definitions
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- noun a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans
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The PPLO group does cause a type of arthritis, too, but only the type associated with a venereal disease called essential urethritis.
Cities In Flight Blish, James 1957
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To quantify Mp in apical supernatants of epithelial cells, PPLO plates with apical supernatant were incubated at 37°C with 5% CO Microarray Smoke vs. Air - Reduced Genes.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rebecca M. Green et al. 2009
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