Neisseria meningitidis

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Neisseria meningitidis f A taxonomic species within the family Neisseriaceae – meningococcus, a Gram-negative bacterium that can cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. ==== Hypernyms ==== (species): Neisseriales – order; Neisseriaceae – family; Neisseria – genus ==== Hyponyms ==== (species): Neisseria meningitidis serogroup 29E, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z – selected serogroups === References === Neisseria meningitidis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Neisseria meningitidis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Neisseria meningitidis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Neisseria meningitidis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Neisseria meningitidis at the Catalogue of Life Neisseria meningitidis at National Center for Biotechnology Information Neisseria-meningitidis at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature