Ureaplasma urealyticum

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

Overview

  • Ureaplasma urealyticum is a Gram-stain unknown, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 3 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. The DNA G+C content is 25.5-27.8%. Ureaplasma urealyticum is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Windsor1976; 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 (notes: human and animal pathogen). Is a known human pathogen. A possible gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Robertson2010Bergey);
    Character Response
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at pH 6.0-7.0.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 20℃; grows at 40℃; Grows optimally at 35-37℃.
    • RESPONSE TO ANTIBIOTICS (Goldstein2003);
    Class Active Resistant
  • Tetracyclines:
  • doxycycline;

  • Munday, P. E., Furr, P. M., & Taylor-Robinson, D. (1981). The prevalence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis in the cervix and anal canal of women. The Journal of Infection, 3(3), 253–257.

    • 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(%):  25.5-27.8
    Opt. T:  35-37℃
    Lower T(℃):  20(+)
    Mid T(℃):  40(+)
    Opt. pH:  6.0-7.0
    ANTIBIOTICS ℞
    Penicillins & Penems (μg/mL) Cephalosporins (μg/mL) Aminoglycosides (μg/mL) Macrolides (μg/mL) Quinolones (μg/mL)
    Tetracyclines (μg/mL) Vancomycin Class (μg/mL) Polypep/ketides (μg/mL) Heterocycles (μg/mL) Other (μg/mL)
    doxycycline:  R(MIC50): >32, MIC90: >32, RNG: (16->32)

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM
  • Goldstein2003 - In Vitro Activities of Daptomycin, Vancomycin, Quinupristin- Dalfopristin, Linezolid, and Five Other Antimicrobials against 307 Gram-Positive Anaerobic and 31 Corynebacterium Clinical Isolates.
  • Windsor1976 - Prolonged survival of Ureaplasma urealyticum in liquid culture.
  • 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 UREALYTICUM
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
  • RajilicStojanovic2014 - The first 1000 cultured species of the human gastrointestinal microbiota.
  • Zeller2014 - Potential of fecal microbiota for early-stage detection of colorectal cancer
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    • Added: April 08, 2021