Spiroplasma mirum

Spiroplasma mirum is a bacterium in the genus Spiroplasma. A strain of it, called Spiroplasma mirum strain SMCA (Suckling mouse cataract agent), causes cataracts in suckling mice.^[1]

Spiroplasma mirum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Mycoplasmatota
Class:	Mollicutes
Order:	Mycoplasmatales
Family:	Mycoplasmataceae
Genus:	Spiroplasma
Species:	S. mirum
Binomial name
Spiroplasma mirum Tully et al. 1982