Neisseria
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See also: neisseria
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after German physician Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855–1916) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Burkholderiales - order; Neisseriaceae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Neisseria gonorrhoeae - type species; Neisseria meningitidis - selected other species
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
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
