Neisseria elongata
Species of bacterium
| Neisseria elongata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Neisseria |
| Species: | N. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neisseria elongata Bovre and Holten, 1970[1] | |
Neisseria elongata is a Gram negative bacterium and is different from the other cocci shaped members of the genus Neisseria as it is rod shaped.[2] Unlike other Neisseria it is catalase negative. N. elongata is the most ancestral of the human Neisseria.
References
- ^ "Neisseria". LPSN. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Bovre, K; Holten, E (1970). "Neisseria elongata sp.nov., a Rod-shaped Member of the Genus Neisseria. Re-evaluation of Cell Shape as a Criterion in Classification". Journal of General Microbiology. 60 (1): 67–75. doi:10.1099/00221287-60-1-67. PMID 5488467.
External links
- Type strain of Neisseria elongata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
- Article in PLoS ONE
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