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Species Neisseria macacae
Name: Neisseria macacae Vedros et al. 1983
Etymology: ma.ca’cae. N.L. gen. fem. n. macacae, of a monkey, referring to the source of the isolate (isolated from the oropharynges of rhesus monkeys); from Portuguese n. macaco, female monkey; from N.L. fem. n. Macaca, the generic name of macaques
Type strain: ATCC 33926; CIP 103346; DSM 19175; M-740
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ247243
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Vedros NA, Hoke C, Chun P. Neisseria macacae sp. nov., a new Neisseria species isolated from the oropharynges of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:515-520. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07552 (N = 11).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Vedros NA, Hoke C, Chun P. Neisseria macacae sp. nov., a new Neisseria species isolated from the oropharynges of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:515-520.
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Record number: 784468
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