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| HAMAP: Ureaplasma parvum serovar 3 (strain ATCC 700970) complete proteome |
| Species code: | UREPA |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Tenericutes; Mollicutes; Mycoplasmataceae; Ureaplasma (TaxID: 273119) [NEWT/ NCBI] |
| Description: | Gram-negative staining, nonmotile, microaerophilic Mollicute. Round or coccobacillary shaped. Occurs predominantly in the human urogenital tract with less frequent apparitions in the mouth or respiratory tract. It is usually a commensal organism, however it can become an opportunistic pathogen. Significant cause of adverse pregnancy outcome, neonatal infections and possibly male infertility. Hydrolyzes urea with the production of ammonia. Like all mycoplasmas, Ureaplasma does not make a cell wall. |
| Properties: |
Presence of flagella:
No Human pathogen: Yes Interaction: Animal pathogen in Mammalia Number of membranes: 1 Number of inteins:0 |
| Statistics: | Number of UREPA entries in the UniProt Knowledgebase: 611 (268 in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot + 343 in UniProtKB/TrEMBL) |