| Neisseria elongata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Neisseria |
| Species: | N. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neisseria elongata Bovre and Holten, 1970 | |
Neisseria elongata is a Gram negative bacterium and is different from the other cocci shaped members of the genus Neisseria as it is rod shaped. Unlike other Neisseria it is catalase negative. N. elongata is the most ancestral of the human Neisseria.
References
- "Neisseria". LPSN. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- Bovre, K; Holten, E (1970). "Neisseria elongata sp.nov., a Rod-shaped Member of the Genus Neisseria. Re-evaluation of Cell Shape as a Criterion in Classification". Journal of General Microbiology. 60 (1): 67–75. doi:10.1099/00221287-60-1-67. PMID 5488467.
External links
- Type strain of Neisseria elongata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
- Article in PLoS ONE
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Neisseria elongata | |
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