Neisseria cinerea
Classification
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Betaproteobacteria; Neisseriales; Neisseriaceae; Neisseria; Neisseria cinerea
Species
Neisseria cinerea
Description and Significance
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Genome Structure
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
builds acid from D-fructose, maltose, and sucrose, uses tryptophan as an energy source, degradation on ornithine, hydrolysis to urea
an asaccharolytic, gram-negative, oxidase-positive, lycine, serine, and threonine metabolism, Cysteine and methionine metabolism, Methane metabolism, Vitamin B6 metabolism, Metabolic pathways, Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, Microbial metabolism in diverse environments, Carbon metabolism, Biosynthesis of amino acids, Biosynthesis of cofactors
Ecology and Pathogenesis
Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
References
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/taxonomy/tree/?taxon=483
Author
Page authored by Natalie Lourdes Pacheco, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.