Every disease organism which is capable of hiding from the body's defenses is not a mycoplasma infection IMHO. Although mycoplasma could be involved in some cases of those with chronic illnesses it is not the only organism which can cause prolonged and difficult to treat symptoms. It is not the sole answer to illness or doctors would not have to work so hard to cure different types of illnesses. I do not think that mycoplasmas are exactly the same as chitin. Chitin could be part of a cell wall in fungi or bacteria. It seems that mycoplasma do not have cell walls which is what I think makes them hard to identify and which helps them hide from the body's defenses.
Viruses are hard to cure too. Some of them are lipid coated, making it very easy for them to evade body defenses as well:
Lipid Sciences: Techology
"Lipid-enveloped viruses represent one of the two major classes of viruses. Lipid-enveloped viruses possess a lipid coat while non-lipid-coated viruses, the other class, do not. The lipid coat surrounds the protein structure and genetic material of the virus and helps protect the virus from recognition by the immune system.
The Viral Immunotherapy process makes the viral proteins more visible to the body's host-defense system. As such, Viral Immunotherapy may provide a basis for treating patients infected by a wide variety of lipid-coated viruses. A virus stripped of its protective lipid coat and exposure of its viral proteins may provoke an enhanced immune system response. Various delipidated viruses have been shown in animal studies to provide cellular and/or antibody responses and even protection upon viral exposure. For example, Viral Immunotherapy-treated Hepatitis B virus has been successfully used to vaccinate and protect young ducklings. Lipid Sciences' strategy is to pursue therapeutic applications of the Viral Immunotherapy technology in patients already infected with lipid-coated viruses."
Since water too is being found as a tentative source of morgellons symptoms I thought this little abstract on how viruses may be pathogenic in drinking water biofilms interesting:
CJO - Abstract - Pathogenic viruses in drinking-water biofilms: a public health risk?
Pathogenic viruses in drinking-water biofilms: a public health risk?
"Biofilms in drinking-water distribution systems may accumulate human pathogenic viruses. Viruses that attach to biofilm are removed from the water phase improving the water quality. However, if released in slough, it may still present a risk of infection. This review describes the available data on the presence of pathogenic viruses in drinking-water biofilms. First, biofilms of distribution systems potentially contribute to viral contamination of tap water only if infectious viruses are present initially in the water, which has been shown in several recent studies. However, only one out of three field studies showed the presence of infectious enteroviruses in natural biofilms from drinking-water networks. The presence of pathogenic viruses in biofilms points to the ability of these viruses to attach to biofilms. This has also been shown in pilot-scale studies in which bacteriophages and vaccine poliovirus strains were spiked into water and could be eluted from artificial biofilms. Reported attachment rates vary greatly and may depend on many factors such as the biofilm characteristics, the virus strain and the efficiency of viral recovery from biofilms. One study reported biphasic viral inactivation in biofilms with rapid initial inactivation followed by slow inactivation, implying that some of the attached viruses are able to remain infectious for a longer time. In several laboratory experiments, virus attachment to biofilms has been reported under various conditions; however, although detachment of sloughs in distribution systems has been observed, the presence of viruses in these sloughs was not studied. Here, we discuss the possible presence of infectious pathogenic viruses in sloughs; the extent to which these will pose a health risk remains to be investigated.
(Published Online June 21 2005)"
Biofilms may form on chitin. Bacteria, viruses, mycoplasmas and fungi can form biofilms. To say every part of morgellons is due to a mycoplasma infection seems a bit narrow in scope. Morgellons appears to be a complex illness. Not everyone even seems to have the same type of infection or parasite involved. Biofilms are caused by organisms other than mycoplasmas. Personally I like leaving the door open to more than just mycoplasma infections as being involved in our symptoms.
A fly with chitin, that I can see. I can see organisms such as a parasite or a marine plankton containing chitin. I have yet to see a mycoplasma fly, take that as you will as either a flying mycoplasma or a fly made of mycoplasma.