He named the bacterium Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis. Components from Neisseria meningitidis are being harnessed in ... "Neisseria meningitidis". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 487. Type strain of Neisseria meningitidis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity ... Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as the meningococcus, is a Gram-negative bacterium that can cause meningitis and ... Gram-negative bacteria, Pathogenic bacteria, Polysaccharide encapsulated bacteria, Neisseriales, Bacteria described in 1901). ...

... describes infections caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also termed meningococcus). It has a ... meningitidis bacterium is surrounded by a slimy outer coat that contains disease-causing endotoxin. While many bacteria produce ... Neisseria meningitidis colonises a substantial proportion of the general population harmlessly, but in a very small percentage ... As with any gram-negative bacterium, N. meningitidis can infect a variety of sites.[citation needed] Meningococcal pneumonia ...

... antiporter of the pathogenic bacterium Neisseria meningitidis". Archives of Microbiology. 195 (3): 211-217. doi:10.1007/s00203- ... An open reading frame (ORF) from the genome of Neisseria meningitidis displaying similarity with the NhaE type of Na+/H+ ... The NhaH family consists of proteins from Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., Leptospira, Azotobacter, Neisseria, Ralstonia, ... The N. meningitidis antiporter (NmNhaE) was able to complement an E. coli strain devoid of Na+/H+ antiporters (KNabc) with ...

These infections include but are not limited to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenzae. ... Meningococcal (a type of bacteria) infections can occur in people taking pegcetacoplan. Pegcetacoplan may also predispose ... individuals to serious infections, especially infections caused by encapsulated bacteria. ...

The clinical impact of a deficiency in C9 is an infection with the gram-negative bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. C9 genes ...

Neisseria meningitidis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; and Streptococcus pyogenes. The Gram-negative bacterium B.burgdorferi has ... There are however, important exceptions, such as for example the bacterial pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis (also called the ... "Enhanced bacteremia in human factor H transgenic rats infected by Neisseria meningitidis". Infection and Immunity. 80 (2): 643- ... Binding of FH permits the bacteria to proliferate in the bloodstream and cause disease. The ability of Factor H to exert its ...

This enzyme is secreted by Gram-negative bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and ... Three major bacteria, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae type B, release the IgA ... The action of IgA protease allows the above mentioned bacteria to adhere to mucous membranes. An IgA protease is a highly ... Bachovchin WW, Plaut AG, Flentke GR, Lynch M, Kettner CA (March 1990). "Inhibition of IgA1 proteinases from Neisseria ...

... caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus), or possibly Haemophilus influenzae. (This could have caused the ...

Neisseria meningitidis. She completed her dissertation, entitled The evolution and maintenance of pathogen diversity, in 2005 ... There, she studied how ecological factors influenced the population dynamics and strain diversity of the bacterium that causes ...

Neisseria meningitidis, and Staphylococcus aureus.[citation needed] Fungal genera that compose the pulmonary mycobiome include ... A small number of bacteria and fungi are normally present in the conjunctiva. Classes of bacteria include Gram-positive cocci ( ... Intestinal bacteria also play a role in synthesizing vitamin B and vitamin K as well as metabolizing bile acids, sterols, and ... Bacteria accumulate on both the hard and soft oral tissues in biofilm allowing them to adhere and strive in the oral ...

The antigen in MeNZB is prepared from B:4:P1.7b,4 (NZ 98/254 ) N. meningitidis strain, grown in a fermentor. The bacteria are ... Each dose is 0.5 ml and contains: 25 mcg of outer membrane vesicles from the Neisseria meningitidis group B strain NZ98/254. ... As N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis are closely related bacteria and have 80-90% homology in their genetic sequences some ... "Properties and clinical performance of vaccines containing outer membrane vesicles from Neisseria meningitidis". Vaccine. 27 ( ...

... including Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae). Genetic transformation is the process by which a recipient ... Uptake signal sequences (USS) are short DNA sequences preferentially taken up by competent bacteria of the family ... In N. meningitidis, DNA transformation requires the presence of short DUS (10-12 mers residing in coding and intergenic regions ... reported that in N. meningitidis DUSs occur at a significantly higher density in genes involved in DNA repair and recombination ...

This non-coding RNA was identified in Neisseria meningitidis and is involved in iron regulation of the succinate dehydrogenase ... NrrF is a non-coding RNA which is regulated by the Ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein in bacteria. ... RhyB RNA PrrF RNA HrrF RNA Aggregatibacter iron-regulated sRNA Neisseria sigma-E sRNA Neisseria RNA thermometers Neisseria ... is required for indirect fur-mediated regulation of the sdhA and sdhC genes in Neisseria meningitidis". Journal of Bacteriology ...

... of bacteria that contain highly sialylated glycan structures such as the lipopolysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis. Binding ... into contact with these bacteria. The NK cell is then able to kill these foreign pathogens. Knock-out studies are often used to ... to these structures allows the macrophage to phagocytose these bacteria, clearing the system of pathogens. Siglec-7 is also ...

... or Pleisiomonas shigelloides bacterium combined with hydrophobic outer membrane proteins derived from Neisseria meningitidis. ...

The NadA protein is found in a species of Gram-negative bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis, which causes sepsis and ... Gram-negative bacteria have very different cell wall structures in comparison to Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria ... 2011). "Mapping of the Neisseria meningitidis NadA cell-binding site: relevance of predicted {alpha}-helices in the NH2- ... 2002). "NadA, a novel vaccine candidate of Neisseria meningitidis". J Exp Med. 195 (11): 1445-54. doi:10.1084/jem.20020407. PMC ...

Thayer-Martin agar is a chocolate agar designed to isolate Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. Thiosulfate- ... It can also be used when working with fungi or bacteria depending on whether or not the strain is capable of forming spores. A ... Sabouraud agar is used to culture fungi and has a low pH that inhibits the growth of most bacteria; it also contains the ... The addition of bile salts and crystal violet to the agar inhibits the growth of most gram-positive bacteria, making MacConkey ...

Typically, it is caused by Neisseria meningitidis. The bacterial infection leads to massive bleeding into one or (usually) both ... Fulminant infection from meningococcal bacteria in the bloodstream is a medical emergency and requires emergent treatment with ... When caused by Neisseria meningitidis, WFS is considered the most severe form of meningococcal sepsis. The onset of the illness ... Meningococcus is another term for the bacterial species Neisseria meningitidis; blood infection with said species usually ...

... in bacteria is best demonstrated by species of the genus Neisseria (most notably, Neisseria meningitidis ... The Neisseria species vary their pili (protein polymers made up of subunits called pilin which play a critical role in ... The bacterium carries a plasmid that contains fifteen silent vls cassettes and one functional copy of vlsE. Segments of the ... In the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, the cause of Lyme disease, the surface lipoprotein VlsE can undergo recombination which ...

However, it appears that LPS is nonessential in at least some Gram-negative bacteria, such as Neisseria meningitidis, Moraxella ... Additionally, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, as well as Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae, are capable of further ... In the case of Neisseria meningitidis, the lipid A portion of the molecule has a symmetrical structure and the inner core is ... For example, in Neisseria meningitidis L2,3,5,7,9, the terminal tetrasaccharide portion of the oligosaccharide (lacto-N- ...

Activity against gram-negative bacteria includes Neisseria meningitidis, some Haemophilus influenzae, and some of the ... Ampicillin is used to treat infections by many gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It was the first "broad spectrum" ... Ampicillin acts as an irreversible inhibitor of the enzyme transpeptidase, which is needed by bacteria to make the cell wall. ... Ampicillin is able to penetrate gram-positive and some gram-negative bacteria. It differs from penicillin G, or ...

Neisseria meningitidis, E. coli, Hemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus agalactiae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ... and destroy bacteria. In particular, these macrophages are activated when bacteria are bound by IgG antibodies (IgG1 or IgG3) ... When the spleen is no longer present (asplenia), IgG and C3b are still bound to bacteria, but they cannot be removed from the ... Hence the bacteria are free to cause infection. Patients without a spleen often need immunizations against pathogens that ...

... caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (known as "meningococcal meningitis") can be differentiated from ... Marc LaForce F, Ravenscroft N, Djingarey M, Viviani S (June 2009). "Epidemic meningitis due to Group A Neisseria meningitidis ... A latex agglutination test may be positive in meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, ... Older children are more commonly affected by Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) and Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotypes 6, ...

Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Haemophilus influenzae and Vibrio cholerae. It has also been studied in gram- ... Having just one membrane, the gram-positive bacteria are also known as monoderm bacteria, while gram-negative bacteria, having ... Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial ... Gram-negative bacteria are found in virtually all environments on Earth that support life. The gram-negative bacteria include ...

Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Shigella, Chlamydia trachomatis, Salmonella, Borrelia burgdorferi, and ... Amoxicillin attaches to the cell wall of susceptible bacteria and results in their death. It also is a bactericidal compound. ... Amoxicillin is susceptible to degradation by β-lactamase-producing bacteria, which are resistant to most β-lactam antibiotics, ... β-lactam antibiotic in the aminopenicillin family used to treat susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. It is ...

LPS and the molecule is similar to LPS produced by Haemophilus influenzae and the lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis ... The bacterium is found in birds, cats, dogs, rabbits, cattle, and pigs. In birds, P. multocida causes avian or fowl cholera ... The bacteria may also cross the blood-brain barrier and cause meningitis. P. multocida expresses a range of virulence factors ... This bacterium can be effectively treated with β-lactam antibiotics, which inhibit cell wall synthesis. It can also be treated ...

Acute hepatitis is caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Bartonella henselae, Borrelia burgdorferi, ... Pyogenic abscesses commonly involve enteric bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae and are composed of ... Infectious agents include viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Metabolic causes include prescription medications, toxins (most ... multiple bacteria up to 50% of the time. ...

1) to characterize Neisseria meningitidis using six loci. The application of MLST has clearly resolved the major meningococcal ... Woodford N, Turton JF, Livermore DM; Turton; Livermore (2011). "Multiresistant Gram-negative bacteria: the role of high-risk ... The first MLST scheme to be developed was for Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal meningitis and ... "The relative contributions of recombination and mutation to the divergence of clones of Neisseria meningitidis". Mol Biol Evol ...

Neisseria meningitidis, Escherichia coli, Helicobacter pylori, and Bordetella. Achtman was one of the inventors of multilocus ... Achtman's research interests are in the population genetics of pathogenic bacteria such as Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella, ... "Complete DNA sequence of a serogroup a strain of Neisseria meningitidis Z2491". Nature. 404 (6777): 502-6. doi:10.1038/35006655 ...

Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis. TLRs often activate MZ B cells after recognizing microbial molecular ... It is believed that MZ B cells are especially reactive to microbial polysaccharide antigens of encapsulated bacteria such as ...