{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{italic title}} {{More citations needed|type=bacteria|date=December 2009}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Automatic taxobox | image =10931 lores (1).jpg | image_caption =A number of medium-sized, ''Ureaplasma urealyticum'' colonies, otherwise known as T-strain mycoplasma, under magnification of 500× | taxon = Ureaplasma | authority = Shepard et al. 1974 | type_species = ''Ureaplasma urealyticum'' | type_species_authority = Shepard et al. 1974 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Ureaplasma''''' is a genus of bacteria belonging to the family Mycoplasmataceae. As the name implies, ''Ureaplasma'' is urease positive.<ref>{{Citation |last=Huang |first=Felicia Scaggs |title=198 - Ureaplasma urealyticum |date=2023-01-01 |work=Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Sixth Edition) |pages=1048–1050.e3 |editor-last=Long |editor-first=Sarah S. |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323756082001981 |access-date=2025-09-30 |place=Philadelphia |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-323-75608-2 |last2=Shah |first2=Samir S.}}</ref>
==Phylogeny== The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)<ref name=LPSN>{{cite web |author=J.P. Euzéby |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/ureaplasma |title=Ureaplasma |access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}</ref> and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web |author=Sayers |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=2129&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Ureaplasma |access-date=2022-09-09 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024<ref>{{cite web |title=The LTP |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/#LTP| access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_all tree in newick format |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_all_10_2024.ntree |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_10_2024 Release Notes |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_10_2024_release_notes.pdf |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref> ! colspan=1 | 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 09-RS220 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=Genome Taxonomy Database |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="tree">{{cite web |title=bac120_r220.sp_labels |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release220/220.0/auxillary_files/bac120_r220.sp_labels.tree |website=Genome Taxonomy Database |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="taxon_history">{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=Genome Taxonomy Database |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> |- | style="vertical-align:top| {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80% |label1=''Ureaplasma'' |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''U. miroungigenitalium'' <small>Volokhov et al. 2020</small> |2=''U. zalophigenitalium'' <small>Volokhov et al. 2020</small> }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''U. diversum'' <small>Howard & Gourlay 1982</small> |2=''U. gallorale'' <small>Koshimizu et al. 1987</small> }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''U. parvum'' <small>Robertson et al. 2002</small> |2=''U. urealyticum'' <small>Shepard et al. 1974</small> }} |2={{clade |1=''U. canigenitalium'' <small>Harasawa et al. 1993</small> |2={{clade |1=''U. cati'' <small>Harasawa et al. 1990</small> |2=''U. felinum'' <small>Harasawa et al. 1990</small> }} }} }} }} }} }} | {{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80% |label1=''Ureaplasma'' |1={{clade |1="''Ca.'' U. intestinipullorum" <small>Gilroy et al. 2021</small> |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''U. miroungigenitalium'' |2=''U. zalophigenitalium'' }} |2={{clade |1=''U. canigenitalium'' |2={{clade |1=''U. diversum'' |2={{clade |1=''U. parvum'' |2=''U. urealyticum'' }} }} }} }} }} }} |} Unassigned species: * "''U. loridis''" <small>Chalker, Paterson & Brownlie 2003</small>
== See also == * List of bacterial orders * List of bacteria genera
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/231470-overview Ureaplasma Infection: eMedicine Infectious Diseases]
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Category:Ureaplasma Category:Bacteria genera Category:Pathogenic bacteria
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