| Neisseria elongata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Neisseria |
| Species: | N. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neisseria elongata Bovre and Holten, 1970[1] | |
Neisseria elongata is a Gram negative bacterium and is different from the other cocci shaped members of the genusNeisseria as it is rod shaped.[2] Unlike otherNeisseria it is catalase negative.N. elongata is the most ancestral of the human Neisseria.
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