Neisseria

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Neisseria. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Neisseria, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Neisseria in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Neisseria you have here. The definition of the word Neisseria will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofNeisseria, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

See also: neisseria

Translingual

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Etymology

Named after German physician Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855–1916) +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Neisseria f

A taxonomic genus within the family Neisseriaceae – proteobacteria that colonize the mucosal surfaces of many animals. The genus includes two parasitic bacteria species, one of which is the cause of gonorrhea, the other a cause of meningitis.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Burkholderiales – order; Neisseriaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Neisseria gonorrhoeae - type species; Neisseria meningitidis - selected other species

Derived terms

Neisseriaceae

References

Neisseria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Neisseria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Neisseria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Neisseria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Neisseria in the Genome Taxonomy Database

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia