Neisseria
See also: neisseria
Translingual
Etymology
Named after German physician Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855–1916) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Neisseria f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Neisseriaceae – proteobacteria that colonize the mucosal surfaces of many animals. The genus includes two parasitic bacteria species, one of which is the cause of gonorrhea, the other a cause of meningitis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Burkholderiales - order; Neisseriaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Neisseria gonorrhoeae - type species; Neisseria meningitidis - selected other species
Derived terms
- Neisseriaceae
References
- Neisseria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Neisseria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Neisseria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Neisseria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Neisseria in the Genome Taxonomy Database