Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

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Contributors Dr Richard Walker DVM PhD MPVM DipACVM

Classification


Taxonomy

  • Class: Mollicutes .
  • Order: Mycoplasmatales .
  • Family: Mycoplasmataceae .
  • Genus: Mycoplasmas :
    • a) Mycoplasma (over 60 species).
    • b) Ureaplasma (single species with serotypes).

Etymology

  • Gk: myco - fungus; plasma - form; mycoplasma - a fungus form; ureaplasma - a form which requires urea.

Sources

Publications

  • Senior D Fet al(1996)The role of Mycoplasma species and Ureaplasma species in feline lower urinary tract disease.Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract26(2), 305-308.
  • Walker R D, Walshaw R, Riggs C M & Mosser T (1995)Recovery of two mycoplasma species from abscesses in a cat following bite wound from a dog.J Vet Diagn Invest7, 154-156.
  • Kruger J Met al(1993)The role of uropathogens in feline lower urinary tract disease - Clinical implications.Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract23(1), 101-123.
  • Randolph J Fet al(1993)Prevalence of mycoplasmal and ureaplasmal recovery from tracheobronchial lavages and of mycoplasmal recovery from pharyngeal swab specimens in cats with or without pulmonary disease.Am J Vet Res54(6), 897-900.
  • Brown M Bet al(1991)Survival of feline mycoplasmas in urine.J Clin Microbiol29(5), 1078-1080.
  • Weisburg W G, Tully J G, Rose D Let al(1989)A phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas - basis for their classification.J Bacteriol171(2), 6455-6467.
  • Tan R Jet al(1974)Possible role of feline T-strain mycoplasmas in cat abortion.Aust Vet J50(4), 142-145.

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