Mikoplazma — разлика између измена

Ime -{''Mycoplasma''}-, od {{jez-grč-lat|mykes}} (gljivice) i ''plasma'' (formirane), je prvi koristio [[Albert Bernhard Frank]] [[1889]]. On je smatrao da se radi o gljivicama, usled njihovih karakteristika.<ref name="Krass_1973">{{cite journal | author = Krass CJ, Gardner MW | title = Etymology of the Term Mycoplasma| journal = Int. J. Of Syst. Bact. | volume = 23 | issue = 1 | pages = 62–64 | year = 1973 | month = January | pmid = | doi = 10.1099/00207713-23-1-62| url = http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/23/1/62.pdf }}</ref>

Starije ime za -{''Mycoplasma''}- je bilo ''pleuro pneumoniji slični organizmi'' (-{PPLO}-).<ref name="Edward">{{cite journal | author = Edward DG, Freundt EA | title = The classification and nomenclature of organisms of the pleuropneumonia group | journal = J. Gen. Microbiol. | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 197–207 | year = 1956 | month = February | pmid = 13306904 | doi = | url = http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/14/1/197.pdf }}</ref> Kasnije je utvrđeno da je gljivicima sličan način rasta ''[[Mycoplasma mycoides|-{M. mycoides}-]]'' jedinstven za te vrste.