II. Pathophysiology
- Taxonomy
- Class: Mollicutes
- Order: Mycoplasmatales
- Family: Mycoplasmataceae
- Mycoplasmataceae lack a cell wall
- Have only a simple, three-layered outer cell membrane (rich with Cholesterol and other sterols)
- Does not Gram Stain (not Gram Positive or Gram Negative)
- Not susceptible to Beta LactamAntibiotics (e.g. Penicillins)
- Mycoplasmataceae are tiny (0.3 to 0.8 µm)
- Smallest free-living organisms able to self-replicate (smaller than some viruses)
- Mycoplasmataceae are pleomorphic
- Shape varies (due to lack of cell wall) from filliform to rod to coccus
III. Types: Genus I: Mycoplasma (60 species, do not hydrolyze urea)
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Mycoplasma hominis
- Mycoplasma Genitalium
IV. Types: Genus II: Ureaplasma (2 species, hydrolyze urea)
- Ureaplasma Urealyticum
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Ureaplasma Parvum
- Includes 4 serovars (1, 3, 6, and 14) that were previously classified as Ureaplasma Urealyticum
V. References
- Gladwin, Trattler and Mahan (2014) Clinical Microbiology, Medmaster, Fl, p. 156
- Lanao (2023) Mycoplasma Infections, Stat Pearls +PMID: 30725612
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| Definition (NCI) | A genus of nonmotile facultatively anaerobic bacteria that lack a true cell wall, are gram-negative, and require sterol for growth. |
| Definition (NCI_CDISC) | Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Mycoplasma genus level. |
| Definition (MSH) | A genus of gram-negative, mostly facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family MYCOPLASMATACEAE. The cells are bounded by a PLASMA MEMBRANE and lack a true CELL WALL. Its organisms are pathogens found on the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of humans, ANIMALS, and BIRDS. |
| Definition (CSP) | genus of gram negative, mostly facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family Mycoplasmataceae; the cells are bounded by a plasma membrane and lack a true cell wall; its organisms are pathogens found on the mucous membranes of humans, animals, and birds. |
| Concepts | Bacterium (T007) |
| MSH | D009174 |
| SnomedCT | 78981005, 72999007, 416750003 |
| LNC | LP34946-1, LP17231-9 |
| English | Mycoplasma, Pleuropneumonia, Mycoplasma (organism), Genus Mycoplasma, Genus Mycoplasma (organism), Genus Haemobartonella (organism), Haemobartonella (organism), Genus Haemobartonella, Hemobartonella, Eperythrozoon Schilling 1928 (Approved Lists 1980), Mycoplasma Nowak 1929, Haemobartonella Tyzzer and Weinman 1939 (Approved Lists 1980), mycoplasma, mycoplasma bacteria, hemobartonella, mycoplasma organism, Asterococcus, Asteromyces, Borrelomyces, Bovimyces, Mycoplasmata, Mycoplasmata (organism), Asteromyces <Mycoplasma>, MYCOPLASMA, Eperythrozoon, Haemobartonella, Haemobartonella, NOS, Mycoplasma, NOS |
| Spanish | género Mycoplasma (organismo), género Mycoplasma, género Haemobartonella, Haemobartonella (organismo), micoplasma, Mycoplasma (organismo), género Haemobartonella (organismo), Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella, Hemobartonella, Mycoplasmata, Mycoplasmata (organismo), Eperythrozoon |
| French | Haemobartonella, Mycoplasmes, Eperythrozoon, Mycoplasma, Mycoplasme |
| Swedish | Mykoplasma |
| Czech | Mycoplasma, Eperythrozoon, Haemobartonella, mykoplazma |
| Finnish | Mykoplasma |
| Italian | Eperythrozoon, Emobartonella, Mycoplasma |
| Russian | EPERITROZOONY, MIKOPLAZMY, ITONA AGENT, PLEVROPNEVMONIIA, VOZBUDITEL', EPERYTHROZOON, ИТОНА АГЕНТ, МИКОПЛАЗМЫ, ПЛЕВРОПНЕВМОНИЯ, ВОЗБУДИТЕЛЬ, ЭПЕРИТРОЗООНЫ |
| Japanese | エペリスロゾオン属, エペリスロゾーン属, 牛肺疫様微生物, ミコプラスマ属, Mycoplasma属, マイコプラスマ属, マイコプラズマ属, エペリスロゾーン, エペリスロゾオン, 牛肺疫様微生物(ギュウハイエキヨウビセイブツ), ウシ肺疫様微生物, マイコプラズマ, Eperythrozoon属, Haemobartonella属 |
| Polish | Mycoplasma |
| Croatian | MIKOPLAZMA, MYCOPLASMA |
| Norwegian | Not Translated[Mycoplasma] |
| Portuguese | Organismos Similares aos da Pleuropneumonia, Haemobartonella, Eperythrozoon, Mycoplasma |
| German | Eperythrozoon, Haemobartonella, Mycoplasma |
| Dutch | Eperythrozoon, Haemobartonella, Mycoplasma |
Ontology: Mycoplasmataceae (C0026943)
| Definition (NCI) | A taxonomic family of parasitic and pathogenic bacterium, which require sterols to grow, in the phylum Tenericutes that includes the genera Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma. |
| Definition (MSH) | A family of gram-negative, non-motile bacteria from human and animal sources. One saprophytic species is known. |
| Concepts | Bacterium (T007) |
| MSH | D009178 |
| SnomedCT | 115109005 |
| English | Mycoplasmataceae, Family mycoplasmataceae, Mycoplasmataceae Freundt 1955 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tully et al. 1993, Borrelomycetaceae, Parasitaceae, Pleuropneumoniaceae, Family Mycoplasmataceae (organism), Family Mycoplasmataceae, Family mycoplasmataceae (organism) |
| Swedish | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Spanish | familia mycoplasmataceae, familia mycoplasmataceae (organismo), familia Mycoplasmataceae (organismo), familia Mycoplasmataceae, Mycoplasmataceae |
| Czech | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Finnish | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Croatian | Not Translated[Mycoplasmataceae] |
| Polish | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Norwegian | Mycoplasmataceae |
| French | Mycoplasmataceae |
| German | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Italian | Mycoplasmataceae |
| Russian | MYCOPLASMATACEAE |
| Dutch | Mycoplasmataceae, Mycoplasmataceeën |
| Portuguese | Mycoplasmataceae |
Ontology: Ureaplasma (C0041944)
| Definition (NCI_CDISC) | Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Ureaplasma genus level. |
| Definition (NCI) | A genus of irregularly shaped bacterium that do not contain a cell well in the phylum Tenericutes and the family Mycoplasmataceae. |
| Definition (MSH) | A genus of gram-negative, nonmotile bacteria which are common parasitic inhabitants of the urogenital tracts of humans, cattle, dogs, and monkeys. |
| Concepts | Bacterium (T007) |
| MSH | D014509 |
| SnomedCT | 29680004 |
| English | T-Mycoplasma, T-mycoplasma, Genus Ureaplasma (organism), Ureaplasma (organism), Ureaplasma Shepard et al. 1974, ureaplasma, ureaplasmas, UREAPLASMA, Mycoplasma, T strains, Ureaplasma, Ureaplasma, NOS, Genus Ureaplasma |
| Swedish | Ureaplasma |
| Spanish | micoplasma, cepas T, género Ureaplasma, género Ureaplasma (organismo), Ureaplasma (organismo), Mycoplasma, cepas T, Ureaplasma, Mycoplasma T |
| Czech | Ureaplasma |
| Finnish | Ureaplasma |
| Russian | UREAPLAZMY, T-MIKOPLAZMY, UREAPLASMA, T-МИКОПЛАЗМЫ, УРЕАПЛАЗМЫ |
| Italian | T-mycoplasma, Ureaplasma |
| Croatian | Not Translated[Ureaplasma] |
| French | T-Mycoplasma, T-Mycoplasmes, Ureaplasma |
| Polish | Ureaplasma |
| Japanese | T-マイコプラスマ, ウレアプラズマ, T-マイコプラズマ, Ureaplasma属, ウレアプラズマ属, ウレアプラスマ |
| Norwegian | Ureaplasma, T-Mycoplasma |
| German | T-Mykoplasma, Ureaplasma |
| Dutch | Ureaplasma, Plasma, urea-, T-mycoplasma |
| Portuguese | Mycoplasma T, Ureaplasma |
