Infectious Disease Book

Acid Fast Bacteria

Mental Health Chapter related topics

Neurology Chapter related topics

http://www.fpnotebook.com/

MycoplasmaAka: Ureaplasma

Advertisement

  1. Taxonomy
    1. Class: Mollicutes
    2. Order: Mycoplasmatales
    3. Family: Mycoplasmataceae
  2. Genus I: Mycoplasma (60 species, do not hydrolyze urea)
    1. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
    2. Mycoplasma hominis
  3. Genus II: Ureaplasma (2 species, hydrolyze urea)
    1. Ureaplasma urealyticum

Mycoplasma (C0026934)

Definition (CSP)genus of gram negative, mostly facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family Mycoplasmataceae; the cells are bounded by a plasma membrane and lack a true cell wall; its organisms are pathogens found on the mucous membranes of humans, animals, and birds.
Definition (MSH)A genus of gram-negative, mostly facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family MYCOPLASMATACEAE. The cells are bounded by a PLASMA MEMBRANE and lack a true CELL WALL. Its organisms are pathogens found on the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of humans, ANIMALS, and BIRDS.
ConceptsBacterium (T007)
EnglishAsterococcus, Asterococcus <Mycoplasma>, Asteromyces, Borrelomyces, Bovimyces, Eperythrozoon, Eperythrozoon Schilling 1928, Genus Haemobartonella, Genus Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella, Haemobartonella Tyzzer and Weinman 1939, Hemobartonella, Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma Nowak 1929, Pleuropneumonia
Spanishgénero Haemobartonella, género Mycoplasma, genero Haemobartonella, genero Mycoplasma, micoplasma
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Ureaplasma (C0041944)

Definition (MSH)A genus of gram-negative, nonmotile bacteria which are common parasitic inhabitants of the urogenital tracts of humans, cattle, dogs, and monkeys.
ConceptsBacterium (T007)
EnglishGenus Ureaplasma, Ureaplasma, Ureaplasma Shepard et al. 1974
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



Navigation Tree