Ureaplasma

Ureaplasma
	A number of medium-sized, Ureaplasma urealyticum colonies, otherwise known as T-strain mycoplasma, under magnification of 500×
Scientific classification
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
	U. canigenitalium; U. cati; U. diversum; U. felinum; U. gallorale; "Ca. U. intestinipullorum"; "U. loridis"; U. miroungigenitalium; U. parvum; U. urealyticum; U. zalophigenitalium;

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

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023

120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214

	U. miroungigenitalium Volokhov et al. 2020

	U. zalophigenitalium Volokhov et al. 2020

U. gallorale Koshimizu et al. 1987

U. diversum Howard & Gourlay 1982

U. canigenitalium Harasawa et al. 1993

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

Ureaplasma

A number of medium-sized, Ureaplasma urealyticum colonies, otherwise known as T-strain mycoplasma, under magnification of 500×
Scientific classification
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
U. canigenitalium U. cati U. diversum U. felinum U. gallorale "Ca. U. intestinipullorum" "U. loridis" U. miroungigenitalium U. parvum U. urealyticum U. zalophigenitalium