Ureaplasma

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Gram-negative eubacteria from the family Mycoplasmataceae that serve as a hydrolitic for urea. The bacteria do not have cell walls.

A genus of nonmotile gram-negative bacteria that require urea and cholesterol for growth and are associated with nongonococcal urethritis and prostatitis in males and with genitourinary tract infections and reproductive failure in females. Also called T-mycoplasma.

A genus in the family Mycoplasmataceae. There are two species, U. urealyticum, found in humans, and U. diversum, which is associated with genital disease in cattle. See ureaplasmosis. Called also t-strain mycoplasma.