''Ureaplasma diversum'' 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 possesses the sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D78650.Howard C.J. and Gourlay R.N.: Proposal for a second species within the genus Ureaplasma, Ureaplasma diversum sp. nov. ''Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.'', 1982, 32, 446-452.

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