Bacterium
neisseria elongata
Subclass of:
Neisseria
Definitions related to neisseria elongata:
  • A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA consisting of short chains of rods. It has been isolated from the PHARYNX of healthy individuals and patients with ENDOCARDITIS. There are several recognized subspecies.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A species of nonmotile, aerobic, catalase-negative, asaccharolytic, oxidase-positive, urea-negative, gram-negative coccobacillus bacterium in the family Neisseriaceae. It is found in the oral bacterial flora of the human pharynx and throat. In rare cases N. elongata is a causative agent of bacterial endocarditis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Neisseria elongata.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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