In fact, this is close to the cell division of cell wall-less bacteria, such as Mycoplasma.
Mycoplasma mycoides | Mycoplasma genitalium | Mycoplasma | ''Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum'' | Mycoplasma capricolum |
Disease is caused by members of the Mycoplasma genus - usually Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum but sometimes by M. mycoides subsp. capri or M. mycoides subsp. mycoides.
In July 2007 it was discovered that this species of Mycoplasma was responsible for the deaths of bighorn sheep in the Western United States.