Ureaplasma urealyticum

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Taxobox
name = "Ureaplasma urealyticum"
regnum = Bacteria
divisio = Firmicutes
classis = Mollicutes
ordo = Mycoplasmatales
familia = Mycoplasmataceae
genus = "Ureaplasma"
species = "U. urealyticum"
binomial = "Ureaplasma urealyticum"
binomial_authority = Shepard et al., 1974

"Ureaplasma urealyticum" is a bacterium belonging to the family Mycoplasmataceae. Its type strain is T960.

"U. urealyticum" is part of the normal genital flora of both men and women. It is found in about 70% of sexually active humans. It can also cause disease, including non-specific urethritis (NSU), infertility, chorioamnioitis, stillbirth, premature birth, and, in the perinatal period, pneumonia or meningitis.

There are six recognised "Ureaplasma" species, They have a G+C content of 27 - 30 mol%, and a genome size ranging between 0.76 - 1.17 Mbp, and cholesterol is required for growth. A defining characteristic of the genus is that they perform urea hydrolysis.

It is now recommended that some strains originally classified as "Ureaplasma urealyticum" should be treated as a new species, "U. parvum".

External links

* [http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2340.htm eMedicine - Ureaplasma Infection]

* [http://www.genomesonline.org/search.cgi?colcol=all&goldstamp=ALL&gen_type=ALL&org_name1=genus&gensp=Ureaplasma&org_domain=ALL&org_status=ALL&size2=ALL&org_size=Kb&gen_gc=ALL&phylogeny2=ALL&gen_institution=ALL&gen_funding=ALL&gen_data=ALL&cont=ALL&gen_country=ALL&gen_pheno=ALL&gen_eco=ALL&gen_disease=ALL&gen_relevance=ALL&gen_avail=ALL&selection=submit+search Ureaplasma Genome Projects] from [http://www.genomesonline.org Genomes OnLine Database]


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