Ureaplasma urealyticum
Name: Mycoplasma, from Greek mykes, fungus, and plasma, formed.
Clades: Mollicutes.
Bacteriology: very small bacterium; lack a cell wall; parasitic or saprotrophic; fungus-like; 6 recognised Ureaplasma species; Mbase pairs, and cholesterol is required for growth; perform urea hydrolysis.