''Ureaplasma canigenitalium'' is a species of ''
Ureaplasma
''Ureaplasma'' is a genus of bacteria belonging to the family Mycoplasmataceae. As the name imples, ''Ureaplasma'' is urease positive.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenc ...
'', a genus of
bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
belonging to the family
Mycoplasmataceae
Mycoplasmataceae is a family of bacteria in the order Mycoplasmatales. This family consists of the genera ''Mycoplasma'' and ''Ureaplasma''.
In 1967, the order Mycoplasmatales was incorporated into the class Mollicutes. Many species are sexuall ...
.
It has been isolated from dogs. It possesses the sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D78648.
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Ureaplasma canigenitalium'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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