Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neisseria meningitidis. Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as the meningococcus, is a Gram-negative bacterium...
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species that colonize humans, only two are pathogens, N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae. Neisseria species are Gram-negative bacteria included among the...
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effective treatments for gonorrhea available. Neisseria meningitidis Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Genus Neisseria". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in...
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Meningococcal disease describes infections caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also termed meningococcus). It has a high mortality rate if untreated...
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microbial species. The first MLST scheme to be developed was for Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia...
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Uptake signal sequence (section Neisseria meningitidis)
found in species of the family Neisseriaceae (including Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae). Genetic transformation is the process by which...
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is nonessential in at least some gram-negative bacteria, such as Neisseria meningitidis, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. It has also...
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vaccine that protects against meningococcal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, specifically the serotypes A, C, Y, and W-135. This vaccine is...
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and primarily isolating pathogenic Neisseria bacteria, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis, as the medium inhibits the growth of...
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caused by severe bacterial infection. Typically, it is caused by Neisseria meningitidis. The bacterial infection leads to massive bleeding into one or (usually)...
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not, be aware of the microbe being handled, it is either Neisseria meningitidis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae, both of which are pathogenic. Finally, perform...
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meningism or pseudomeningitis. Meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (known as "meningococcal meningitis") can be differentiated from...
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transmitted from commensal neisseriae such as Neisseria lactamica to disease causing Neisseria meningitidis by the process of genetic transformation. Hollis...
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pylori, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae and...
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penicillin-resistant strains of Neisseria meningitidis. The increasing selective pressure from penicillin treatment has led to N. meningitidis' uptake of an altered...
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Meningococcal vaccine refers to any vaccine used to prevent infection by Neisseria meningitidis. Different versions are effective against some or all of the following...
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Less commonly, Chlamydia spp. and Niesseria species (Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis) may be the cause. Infection with Escherichia coli...
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Moraxella catarrhalis (redirect from Neisseria catarrhalis)
confusion in the past. The bacteria was initially placed in the genus Neisseria, before being moved into a separate genus named Branhamella in honor of...
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fastidious respiratory bacteria, such as Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis. In addition, some of these bacteria, most notably H. influenzae...
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to Ethiopia, and the primary cause of meningitis in the belt is Neisseria meningitidis. The belt was first proposed by Léon Lapeyssonnie of the World Health...
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caused by meningococci or septicaemia. In particular, meningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis), a Gram-negative diplococcus organism, releases endotoxin when...
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of age. Invasive meningococcal disease, caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, can lead to serious conditions such as meningitis (inflammation...
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This enzyme is secreted by Gram-negative bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Gram-positive Streptococcus...
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among gram-negative bacteria: Escherichia coli (in some strains) Neisseria meningitidis Klebsiella pneumoniae Haemophilus influenzae Pseudomonas aeruginosa...
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subtype H1N1 Hantavirus Infectious mononucleosis Marburg virus Neisseria meningitidis Rocky Mountain spotted fever Scarlet fever Typhus Streptococcal...
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hypersensitivity in the 1920s. This reaction was experimented using Neisseria meningitidis endotoxin. A related observation was made by Giuseppe Sanarelli...
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Haemophilus influenzae (redirect from Haemophilus meningitidis)
of Haemophilus influenzae type B, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis A and C meningitis in infants and children". Journal of Clinical...
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AcrIIC1, AcrIIC2 and AcrIIC3 protein families were discovered in Neisseria meningitidis (which had been infected by phages previously). Such proteins were...
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Brouwer MC, van de Beek D, Speijer D, van der Ende A (March 2017). "Neisseria meningitidis Uses Sibling Small Regulatory RNAs To Switch from Cataplerotic to...
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influenzae". Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae (PDF) (Second ed...
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