Neisseria

Neisseria
	Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Gram-stain
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Neisseriales
Family:	Neisseriaceae
Genus:	; Trevisan, 1885
Species
	N. animalis; N. animaloris; N. bacilliformis; N. canis; N. cinerea; N. dentiae; N. dumasiana; N. elongata; N. flava; N. flavescens; N. gonorrhoeae; N. iguanae; N. lactamica; N. macacae; N. meningitidis; N. mucosa; N. oralis; N. perflava; N. pharyngis; N. polysaccharea; N. shayeganii; N. sicca; N. subflava; N. wadsworthii; N. weaveri; N. zoodegmatis;

Neisseria is a large genus of bacteria that colonize the mucous membranes of many animals. Of the 11 species that colonize humans, only two are pathogens: N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae.

Neisseria species are Gram-negative bacteria included among the Pseudomonadota, a large group of Gram-negative forms. Neisseria diplococci resemble coffee beans when viewed microscopically.^[1]

^ Ryan KJ; Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0.

[Sherris-1] Ryan KJ; Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0.

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