Neisseria

== Translingual == === 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 Category:Neisseria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Neisseria at National Center for Biotechnology Information Neisseria in the Genome Taxonomy Database