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honour of drAlbert Neisser who in 1879 discovered the organism causing gonorrhoea Definition Paired gram negative cocci with adjacent sides flattened aerobic and poor . Biologists use a system of . scientific. . classification. . to organize information about the diversity of living things. .. Why classify?. classified organisms as either . animals. or . plants. .. Biologists use a system of . scientific. . classification. . to organize information about the diversity of living things. .. classified organisms as either . animals. or . plants. .. . Animals were classified according to the where they lived.. How organisms . are identified, grouped and named. Taxonomy. The study of classifying and naming organisms . Between 10 million to 1 billion species of bacteria. Between 65, 000 to 200,000 species of . Neisseria. mucosa . Neisseria subflava . Streptococcus parasanguinis . Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae . Streptococcus oralis . absence of a comprehensive vaccine against this organism,important for epidemiologic monitoring and vaccinedevelopment (2). The serologic characterization scheme other were grouped into VR families. T cultures drawn from your patient, Mrs. I. M. Septic, are growing . gram-positive . cocci. . Mrs. Septic is a 42-year-old woman who was. admitted with a fever and malaise. Which of the following is NOT . Abdulwahid. . University of . Mustanisiriya. College of Medicine . Third stage . The Neisseria. Gram-negative . cocci. , usually occur in pairs to form (. diplococci. ). The two medically important species are . Received: February 5, 2012/ Revised: February 14, 2012 Accepted: February 17, 2012Corresponding author: Kyungwon Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Gonococcal Infection Immunity and Resistance, Plenary Review Is there protective immunity to gonococcal disease? PA Rice, S Gulati, DP McQuillen, and S Ram The Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infe Neisseria. spp.. Gram’s negative Diplococci . Kidney shape with flat opposing edge. Neisseria. spp.. PATHOGENIC:. N. gonorrhoea. (gonococci, G.C) . . Gonorrhoeae. .. N. meningitidis. Lab # 6. NEISSERIA SPECIES. Contains many species; 2 are human pathogens. Neisseria . gonorrhoea. (gonococcus). Neisseria . meningitidis. (. meningococcus. ). Other species are normal flora that inhabit the upper respiratory tract of humans.. Virulence Factors. ™. Pili or fimbriae - . Adhesion to host cells & prevent phagocytosis. ™. Outer membrane proteins – . - . Porin. (protein I) . - >50% of OMP. - PorB.1A strains - local and disseminated . Neissereae. Medical Microbiology. By:. Asst. Prof. Dr. . Shaima’a. Al-. Salihy. . Neisseriae. Neisseriae. :. The most important species are:. Neisseria . gonorrhoea. (gonococci). Neisseria . meningitidis. gonorrhoeae. antibiotic . susceptibility: toward tailored antimicrobial . therapy. Laura Phillips. Whole genome sequencing to predict . Neisseria gonorrhoeae . (NG) antibiotic susceptibility: towards tailored antimicrobial therapy..