Neisseria cinerea

Neisseria cinerea
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Family: Neisseriaceae
Genus: Neisseria
Species:
N. cinerea
Binomial name
Neisseria cinerea
Knapp at al. 1984

Neisseria cinerea is a commensal species grouped with the Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, and catalase-positive diplococci.[1] It was first classified as Micrococcus cinereus by Alexander von Lingelsheim in 1906. Using DNA hybridization, N. cinerea exhibits 50% similarity to Neisseria gonorrhoeae.[2]

  1. ^ Knapp, J.S.; et al. (1984). "Characterization of Neisseria cinerea, a nonpathogenic species isolated on Martin-Lewis medium selective for pathogenic Neisseria spp". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 19: 63–7. doi:10.1128/JCM.19.1.63-67.1984. PMC 270980. PMID 6361062.
  2. ^ "Neisseria cinerea". Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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