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Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma

  • Taxonomy
  1. Class: Mollicutes
  2. Order: Mycoplasmatales
  3. Family: Mycoplasmataceae
  • Genus I
  • Mycoplasma (60 species, do not hydrolyze urea)
  1. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  2. Mycoplasma hominis
  • Genus II
  • Ureaplasma (2 species, hydrolyze urea)
  1. Ureaplasma urealyticum