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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16S rRNA gene:
AJ247243
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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.
- 🎓 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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