Morphology
Being mollicutes, phytoplasmas lack cell walls and instead are bound by a triple layered membrane. The cell membranes of all phytoplasmas studied so far usually contain a single immunodominant protein (of unknown function) that makes up the majority of the protein content of the cell membrane. The typical phytoplasma exhibits a pleiomorphic or filamentous shape and is less than 1 micrometer in diameter. As prokaryotes, phytoplasms' DNA is found throughout the cytoplasm, rather than being concentrated in a nucleus.
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