| Neisseria flava | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Neisseria |
| Species: | N. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Neisseria flava Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Neisseria flava (Latin: flava, yellow, golden) is a bacterium belonging to a group of species under the genus Neisseria that is considered non-pathogenic. Along with its other members of the non-pathogenic group, Neisseria flava is often found in the upper respiratory tract surface in humans. On rare occasions, it can cause rheumatic heart disease and ventricular septal defect aortic insufficiency.[1]
- ^ Scott, RM 1971, 'Bacterial endocarditis due to Neisseria flava', The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 673-5.