Neisseria elongata is a Gram negative bacterium and is different from the other cocci shaped members of the genus Neisseria as it is rod shaped.[2] Unlike other Neisseria it is catalase negative. N. elongata is the most ancestral of the human Neisseria.

Neisseria elongata
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Family: Neisseriaceae
Genus: Neisseria
Species:
N. elongata
Binomial name
Neisseria elongata
Bovre and Holten, 1970[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Neisseria". LPSN. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bovre, K; Holten, E (1970). "Neisseria elongata sp.nov., a Rod-shaped Member of the Genus Neisseria. Re-evaluation of Cell Shape as a Criterion in Classification". Journal of General Microbiology. 60 (1): 67–75. doi:10.1099/00221287-60-1-67. PMID 5488467.
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