Name: Neisseria mucosa Véron et al. 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.co’sa. L. fem. adj. mucosa, slimy

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19696; CCUG 26877; CIP 59.51; DSM 17611; JCM 12992; NCTC 12978

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB910739 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Veron M, Thibault P, Second L. [Neisseria mucosa (Diplococcus mucosus Lingelsheim). I. Bacteriological description and study of its pathogenicity]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1959; 97:497-510.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08040 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 human pathogen; var. heidelbergensis: 2 human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 = 2. — 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 146 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 The correct citation for this taxon should be Neisseria mucosa (von Lingelsheim 1906) Véron et al. 1959; synonym: "Diplococcus mucosus" von Lingelsheim 1906. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 According to Bennett et al. (2013), Neisseria mucosa var. heidelbergensis should be renamed Neisseria oralis. Publication: Bennett JS, Jolley KA, Maiden MC. Genome sequence analyses show that Neisseria oralis is the same species as 'Neisseria mucosa var. heidelbergensis'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3920-3926.

Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Veron M, Thibault P, Second L. [Neisseria mucosa (Diplococcus mucosus Lingelsheim). I. Bacteriological description and study of its pathogenicity]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1959; 97:497-510.

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