''Ureaplasma felinum'' 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 cats. It possesses the sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D78651.HARASAWA (R.), IMADA (Y.), ITO (M.), KOSHIMIZU (K.), CASSELL (G.H.) and BARILE (M.F.):Ureaplasma felinum sp. nov. and Ureaplasma cati sp. nov. isolated from the oral cavities of cats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 45-51.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Ureaplasma felinum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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