Neisseriaceae

Neisseriaceae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Tønjum 2006
Family: Neisseriaceae
Prévot 1933
Genera

Alysiella
Aquaphilus[1]
Bergeriella
Aquaspirillum
Chromobacterium
Eikenella
Formivibrio
Iodobacter
Kingella
Laribacter
Microvirgula
Neisseria
Prolinoborus
Simonsiella
Vitreoscilla
Vogesella

The Neisseriaceae are a family[2] of Pseudomonadota, within the Neisseriales order of Betaproteobacteria. While many organisms in the family are mammalian commensals or part of the normal flora, the genus Neisseria includes two important human pathogens, specifically those responsible for gonorrhea (caused by N. gonorrhoeae) and many cases of meningitis ("meningococcal meningitis", caused by N. meningitidis). As a group, the Neisseriaceae are strictly aerobic and Gram-negative, occur mainly in pairs (diplococci), and typically do not have flagella.

  1. ^ "Aquaphilus". www.uniprot.org.
  2. ^ Neisseriaceae at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)