Ureaplasma /Urea·plas·ma/ (-plaz″mah) a genus of nonmotile pleomorphic, gram-negative bacteria (family Mycoplasmataceae) lacking a cell wall and hydrolyzing urea; U. urealyt´icum is associated with nonspecific urethritis in males and genital tract infections in females.
Ureaplasma [u-re´ah-plaz″mah]
urea (ūrē´
),
U·re·a·plas·ma (y -r   -pl z m)n. 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. |
Ureaplasma [u-re´ah-plaz″mah]
a genus of gram-negative, nonmotile, pleomorphic bacteria that lack a cell wall and form small granular colonies. U. urealy´ticum is a common inhabitant of the genitourinary tract and is associated with sexually transmitted nongonococcal urethritis.
urea (ūrē´
),n a water-soluble compound that is the primary constituent of urine.
Ureaplasma
n gram-negative eubacteria from the family Mycoplasmataceae that serve as a hydrolitic for urea. The bacteria do not have cell walls.
Ureaplasma
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.
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