Kingdom Monera Features · NCERT Biology

A characteristic feature of Mycoplasma is that they:

  1. Possess a thick rigid peptidoglycan cell wall
  2. Are resistant to many antibiotics that act on cell walls
  3. Are exclusively autotrophic in their mode of nutrition
  4. Are large multicellular branching filaments
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Correct answer: Are resistant to many antibiotics that act on cell walls

Because Mycoplasma lack a cell wall, they are naturally resistant to antibiotics like penicillin that function by inhibiting cell wall synthesis. They are pleomorphic (can change shape) due to this lack of a rigid wall.

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