Neisseria cinerea

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Classification

Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Betaproteobacteria; Neisseriales; Neisseriaceae; Neisseria; Neisseria cinerea

Species

Neisseria cinerea

Description and Significance

Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.

Genome Structure

Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?

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.