Mycoplasma

alligatoris

(flesh
eating microbe)

Jadeliah Dahl

4/13/17
 Taxonomy
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Mollicutes
Order:
Mycoplasmatales
Family:
Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Mycoplasma
Species: M. Alligatoris
Map of Alligators and Caimans
 D.N.A Chain
(deoxyribonucleic acid)

C,A,A,C,A,G,I,G,A,T,T,T,A,G,G,T,T,A,C,A,C
C=Orange T=Red
A=Blue G=Yellow
Mycoplasma is the smallest bacteria ever discovered

Eats away tissues and thats what kills the alligators and
Caimans
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Alligator_mississippiensis/pictures/ To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones,
G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2017. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC419932/ Website Title:Journal of Bacteriology
Article Title:Spreading Factors of <i>Mycoplasma alligatoris<[]
Publisher:American Society for Microbiology
Electronically Published:June 2004
Date Accessed:April 13, 2017
Authors:D. R. Brown, L. A. Zacher, W. G. Farmerie
http://clinicalgate.com/alligator-and-crocodile-attacks/ Website Title:Clinical Gate
Article Title:Alligator and Crocodile Attacks
Electronically Published:June 24, 2015
Date Accessed:April 13, 2017