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Abstract
Ninety-five strains of Mycoplasma were isolated from human saliva; all were micro-aerophilic; 72 were actively lipolytic and 23 were non-lipolytic and were inhibited by Tweens. A type culture of human type 4 (Mycoplasma salivarum) was culturally identical with the lipolytic strains, and two type cultures of M. orale with the non-lipolytic strains. The strains serologically identifiable as M. orale were non-lipolytic, whereas those identifiable as M. salivarium were of both types. Comparison was also made with type strains from other sources. Those of human origin were non-lipolytic and those of saprophytic or animal origin were slightly lipolytic.
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© Society for General Microbiology 1967