| 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: | 2023-03-22 |