Bacterium
mycoplasma genitalium
Subclass of:
Mycoplasma
Definitions related to mycoplasma genitalium:
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A species of gram-negative bacteria originally isolated from urethral specimens of patients with non-gonoccocal URETHRITIS. In primates it exists in parasitic association with ciliated EPITHELIAL CELLS in the genital and respiratory tracts.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Species of gram negative bacteria originally isolated from urethral specimens of patients with non-gonoccocal urethritis; in primates it exists in parasitic association with ciliated epithelial cells in the genital and respiratory tracts.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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