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Proposal of Ureaplasma parvum sp. nov. and emended description of Ureaplasma urealyticum (Shepard et al. 1974) Robertson et al. 2001.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2002
Robertson Janet A, Stemke Gerald W, Davis John W, Harasawa Ryĵ, Thirkell David, Kong Fanrong, Shepard Maurice C, Ford Denys K
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The phenotypic and genotypic properties of Ureaplasma urealyticum (family Mycoplasmataceae, order Mycoplasmatales, class Mollicutes) are reviewed here. The 14 recognized serovar standard strains found in humans exhibit no serological cross-reactivity with ureaplasmas from other hosts and uniquely express human immuoglobulin A1 protease activity. However, they exhibit many characteristics which place them in two...
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