Neisseria mucosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Neisseriales |
Family: | Neisseriaceae |
Genus: | Neisseria |
Species: | N. mucosa
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Binomial name | |
Neisseria mucosa Veron et al. 1959
[1]
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Neisseria mucosa is a species of Neisseria.
It is notable among Neisseria for its ability to metabolize sucrose. [2] It can cause endocarditis. [3] While N. mucosa is a rather rare cause of endocarditis, cases of N. mucosa endocarditis have been reported along with symptoms such as painful finger nodules, fever, headache, and tremors. [4] [5] In certain cases, patients can become terminal from this strain of the infection but for those that survive, treatment of N. mucosa endocarditis usually takes around 6 weeks. [5]
Neisseria mucosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Neisseriales |
Family: | Neisseriaceae |
Genus: | Neisseria |
Species: | N. mucosa
|
Binomial name | |
Neisseria mucosa Veron et al. 1959
[1]
|
Neisseria mucosa is a species of Neisseria.
It is notable among Neisseria for its ability to metabolize sucrose. [2] It can cause endocarditis. [3] While N. mucosa is a rather rare cause of endocarditis, cases of N. mucosa endocarditis have been reported along with symptoms such as painful finger nodules, fever, headache, and tremors. [4] [5] In certain cases, patients can become terminal from this strain of the infection but for those that survive, treatment of N. mucosa endocarditis usually takes around 6 weeks. [5]