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Species Neisseria oralis

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Betaproteobacteria Neisseriales Neisseriaceae Neisseria Neisseria oralis

Name: Neisseria oralis Wolfgang et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ra’lis. L. fem. adj. oralis, of the mouth, the source of the first isolate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ne͡is-SE-ri-a o-RA-lis, feminine

Type strain: 6332; DSM 25276; LMG 26725

See detailed strain information at bacdive-logo

16S rRNA gene: JN104029 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Wolfgang WJ, Passaretti TV, Jose R, Cole J, Coorevits A, Carpenter AN, Jose S, Van Landschoot A, Izard J, Kohlerschmidt DJ, et al. Neisseria oralis sp. nov., isolated from healthy gingival plaque and clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1323-1328. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
    • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 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: Wolfgang WJ, Passaretti TV, Jose R, Cole J, Coorevits A, Carpenter AN, Jose S, Van Landschoot A, Izard J, Kohlerschmidt DJ, et al. Neisseria oralis sp. nov., isolated from healthy gingival plaque and clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1323-1328. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 790676

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