Bacterium
neisseria sicca
Subclass of:
Neisseria
Definitions related to neisseria sicca:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram-negative, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is catalase and oxidase positive, produces a grayish white pigment, utilizes glucose, maltose, fructose, and sucrose, but not mannose or lactose, reduces nitrite, but not nitrate, synthesizes polysaccharides, and spontaneously agglutinates in saline. N. sicca is found in the nasopharynx, saliva, and sputum of humans, but is also an opportunistic pathogen.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA found in the human NASOPHARYNX; SALIVA; and SPUTUM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Neisseria sicca.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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