Neisseria

Neisseria

Neisseria is a genus of bacteria characterized as a gram-negative aerobic diplococci. The organisms are parasitic, they do not occur in the wild. Some species are primarily pathogenic to humans and are found in the mucous membranes of the respiratory and genital tracts. Non-pathogenic species populate the oral cavity and upper respiratory tract.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

N. gonorrhoeae is primarily a pathogenic bacterium that causes gonorrhea.

 For more information see Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Neisseria meningitidis

N. meningitidis is a primarly pathogenic bacterium that causes epidemic purulent meningitis.

 For more information see Neisseria meningitidis.

Other species of Neisseria

 For more information see Nonpathogenic Neisseria.

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References

• BEDNÁŘ, Marek – SOUČEK, Andrej – FRAŇKOVÁ, Věra. Lékařská mikrobiologie : Bakteriologie, virologie, parazitologie. 1. edition. Praha : Marvil, 1996. 558 pp. ISBN 80-238-0297-6.