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Also Known As	Mycoplasmatales • Mycoplasma

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Mycoplasma genitalium Mycoplasma mycoides Mycoplasma pneumoniae erythromycin mycoplasma-like organism

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Luc Montagnier

Luc Montagnier

French scientist