Neisseria flavescens
Colonies are smooth and opaque with golden yellow pigment. Aerobic. Produce
polysaccharide from sucrose. Optimal temperature, 35-37 ºC. Non-haemolytic.
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Phylum Proteobacteria, Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Neisseriales, Family Neisseriaceae, Genus Neisseria, Neisseria flavescens
Branham 1930.
Gram-negative cocci grouped in pairs and tetrads. Non-motile. Capsule not produced.
Rarely encountered. Isolated from human clinical samples (cerebrospinal fluid). Also found in the pharynx of humans (rare).
Susceptible to colistin.
Opportunistic organism. Isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningitis and in cases of septicaemia.
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    The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria, George M. Garrity (Editor-in-Chief), pp 774-863.
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    Martin Dworkin (Editor-in-Chief), pp 602–647.
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    virus, pp 44-45. World Health Organization, ISBN 978 92 4 150584 0.
Positive results for carbonic anhydrase, catalase, iodine test (polysaccharide
synthesis from sucrose), nitrite reduction, gas production from nitrite & oxidase.

Negative results for DN-ase, beta-galactosidase, gamma-glutamyl transferase,
nitrate reduction, tributyrin hydrolysis, acid production from: fructose, glucose, lactose,
maltose, mannose & sucrose.
(c) Costin Stoica
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