Bacterium
neisseriaceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci; Betaproteobacteria
Definitions related to neisseriaceae:
  • A family of gram-negative, parasitic bacteria including several important pathogens of man.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of Gram negative, strictly aerobic bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Neisseria, Chromobacterium, Eikenella and Kingella, among others.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Family of gram negative, parasitic bacteria including several important pathogens of man.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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