Neisseriaceae
Sign in to saveThe Neisseriaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota, within the order Neisseriales of Betaproteobacteria. While many organisms in the family are mammalian commensals or part of the normal flora, the genus Neisseria includes two important human pathogens, specifically those responsible for gonorrhea (caused by N. gonorrhoeae) and many cases of meningitis ("meningococcal meningitis", caused by N. meningitidis). As a group, the Neisseriaceae are strictly aerobic and Gram-negative, occur mainly in pairs (diplococci), and typically do not have flagella.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderBurkholderiales
- FamilyNeisseriaceae
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Research
26,654 papers- Spatial ecology of the Neisseriaceae family in the human oral cavity.Microbiology spectrum · 2025
- Phylogenomic analysis of the understudied Neisseriaceae species reveals a poly- and paraphyletic Kingella genus.Microbiology spectrum · 2023
- Protein secretion and secreted proteins in pathogenic Neisseriaceae.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2006
- Evolution of longitudinal division in multicellular bacteria of the Neisseriaceae family.Nature communications · 2022
- Fimbriae-mediated host-pathogen cross-talk.Current opinion in microbiology · 1998
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- Neisseriales
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- Neisseria
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The Neisseriaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota, within the order Neisseriales of Betaproteobacteria. While many organisms in the family are mammalian commensals or part of the normal flora, the genus Neisseria includes two important human pathogens, specifically those responsible for gonorrhea (caused by N. gonorrhoeae) and many cases of meningitis ("meningococcal meningitis", caused by N. meningitidis). As a group, the Neisseriaceae are strictly aerobic and Gram-negative, occur mainly in pairs (diplococci), and typically do not have flagella.
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