Neisseria

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, Neisser +‎ -ia, named for German bacteriologist Albert Neisser. More in Wikipedia: Neisseria § History.

Proper noun

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

(order): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Betaproteobacteria - class; Neisseriales - order; Neisseriaceae - family

References

Neisseria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Neisseria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Neisseria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Neisseria at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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