Ureaplasma

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Ureaplasma
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A number of medium-sized, Ureaplasma urealyticum colonies, otherwise known as T-strain mycoplasma, under magnification of 500×
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Ureaplasma
Shepard et al. 1974
Type species
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Shepard et al. 1974
Species

Ureaplasma is a genus of bacteria belonging to the family Mycoplasmataceae. As the name implies, Ureaplasma is urease positive.

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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) [2]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023 [3] [4] [5] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214 [6] [7] [8]

U. miroungigenitaliumVolokhov et al. 2020

U. zalophigenitaliumVolokhov et al. 2020

U. gallorale Koshimizu et al. 1987

U. parvum Robertson et al. 2002

U. urealyticum Shepard et al. 1974

U. diversum Howard & Gourlay 1982

U. canigenitalium Harasawa et al. 1993

U. cati Harasawa et al. 1990

U. felinum Harasawa et al. 1990

"Ca. U. intestinipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021

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References

  1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Ureaplasma". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. Sayers; et al. "Ureaplasma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. "The LTP" . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2023.