| Neisseria cinerea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Neisseria |
| Species: | N. cinerea
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| Binomial name | |
| Neisseria cinerea Knapp at al. 1984
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Neisseria cinerea". Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2013.