Look up: Ureaplasma

1. Ureaplasma
   Ureaplasma: A bacterium that commonly infects the urogenital tract and can cause premature birth or spontaneous abortion. During delivery, ureaplasma can infect the newborn and cause meningitis, pneumonia, or septicemia. Ureaplasma is similar to mycoplasma. They are among the smallest free-living organisms known. Ureaplasma lacks several proteins s …
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2. ureaplasma
   A microorganism that can infect peoples' bladders, ureaplasmas are similar to mycoplasmas. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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3. Ureaplasma
   (u-re″ә-plaz´mә) 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.
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4. Ureaplasma
   (from the article `infectious disease`) Mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas, which range in size from 150 to 850 nanometres, are the smallest free-living microorganisms. They are ubiquitous in ...
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5. Ureaplasma
   A genus of microaerophilic to anaerobic, nonmotile bacteria (family Mycoplasmataceae) with no cell walls. Gram-negative, they are predominantly coccoidal to coccobacillary elements, approximately 0.3 m in diameter, which frequently grow in short filaments; colonies are generally small, 20–30 m in diameter, and may have no zones of surface grow...
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