Species/Subspecies: | Neisseria animaloris | |||||||||
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Categories: | Zoonotic; in the normal flora; primarily of interest in human medicin | |||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: Named after Albert Neisser, who discovered the agent of gonorrhea in pus from a patient in year 1889. Species epithet: from an animal mouth. | |||||||||
Significance: | [Of minor importance] | |||||||||
Alternative Species Name(s): | Eugonic Fermenter (EF)-4a | |||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Betaproteobacteria Order Neisseriales Family Neisseriaceae Genus Neisseria |
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Type Strain: | LMG 23011 = ATCC 29858 = NCTC 12228 | |||||||||
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Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | |||||||||
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Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Does not produce acid from any carbohydrate by fermentation, but produces acid from glucose by oxidation. | |||||||||
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Reference(s): | No. 160, 161 | |||||||||
Updated: | 2022-05-06 |
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New families introduced within the order Enterobacterales![]() The order Enterobacterales (formerly called Enterobacteriales) previously consisted of bacteria with different properties and phylogenetically, these bacteria were far apart. In order for the taxonomy to be more in line with phylogeny, some of these bacteria have, therefore, been sorted into 6 new families. Published 2022-04-13. Read more... |