Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neisseria meningitidis. Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as the meningococcus, is a Gram-negative bacterium...
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species that colonize humans, only two are pathogens, N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae. Neisseria species are Gram-negative bacteria included among the...
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treatments for gonorrhea available.[citation needed] Neisseria meningitidis Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Genus Neisseria". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in...
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Meningococcal disease describes infections caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also termed meningococcus). It has a high mortality rate if untreated...
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Meningococcal vaccine refers to any vaccine used to prevent infection by Neisseria meningitidis. Different versions are effective against some or all of the following...
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microbial species. The first MLST scheme to be developed was for Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia...
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and primarily isolating pathogenic Neisseria bacteria, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis, as the medium inhibits the growth of...
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caused by meningococci or septicaemia. In particular, meningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis), a Gram-negative diplococcus organism, releases endotoxin when...
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is nonessential in at least some Gram-negative bacteria, such as Neisseria meningitidis, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. It has also...
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Uptake signal sequence (section Neisseria meningitidis)
found in species of the family Neisseriaceae (including Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae). Genetic transformation is the process by which...
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