Tag: diplococci

  • Other Neisseria

    Other Neisseria

    These are commensals of the upper airways of humans and animals that are sometimes responsible for chest infections and septicemia, often on land debilitated. 1 – CHARACTER BACTERIOLOGICAL (Table I): These are cocci Gram (-) diplococci associates or tetrads in oxidative metabolism. N. elongata is a bacillus Gram (-) which is attached to the Neisseria…