Ureaplasma parvum

Bacteria
General | Carbohydrate O/F | Substrate utilisation | Enzymes | Metabolites | Antibiotics

Overview

  • Ureaplasma parvum is a Gram-stain unknown, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 25.5%. Ureaplasma parvum is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Robertson2002; Robertson2010Bergey)



  • This organism has been recovered from human faeces, urogenital flora, and clinical sources. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 2, i.e., risk of individual infection, but low risk of spread. Could be a possible pathogen in humans, but unknown at this stage. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Robertson2010Bergey);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • urea;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at pH 6.0-7.0.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at 35-37℃.

  • Milisavljevic, V., Garg, M., Vuletic, I., Miller, J. F., Kim, L., Cunningham, T. D., & Schröder, I. (2013). Prospective assessment of the gastroesophageal microbiome in VLBW neonates. BMC Pediatrics, 13(1), 49.

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Tenericutes Class:  Mollicutes Order:  Mycoplasmatales Family:  Mycoplasmataceae Genus:  Ureaplasma Gram stain:  unk O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Coccus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  human faeces, urogenital flora, and clinical sources
    DNA G+C(%):  25.5
    Opt. T:  35-37℃
    Opt. pH:  6.0-7.0
    		Urea:  + Arginine:  neg
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    Glucose:  neg

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR UREAPLASMA PARVUM
  • Robertson2002 - Proposal of Ureaplasma parvum sp. nov. and emended description of Ureaplasma urealyticum (Shepard et al. 1974) Robertson et al. 2001.
  • Robertson2010Bergey - Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology: Vol. 4. The Bacteroidetes. Family I. Mycoplasmataceae, Genus II. Ureaplasma
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR UREAPLASMA PARVUM
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
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    • Added: April 08, 2021