Neisseria lactamica
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Neisseria lactamica is a gram-negative diplococcus bacterium. It is strictly a commensal species of the nasopharynx. Uniquely among the Neisseria they are able to produce β-D-galactosidase and ferment lactose.[1]
This species is most commonly carried by young children. There is an inverse relationship between colonisation by N. lactamica and Neisseria meningitidis.[2] Carriage of N. lactamica has been associated with decreased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease.[3] However, resistance to penicillin and other beta-lactams may be transmitted from commensal neisseriae such as Neisseria lactamica to disease causing Neisseria meningitidis by the process of genetic transformation.[4]
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External links
- Genome sequence of Neisseria lactamica (an ST640 strain). Published on the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute ftp server.
- Sequence data from the Neisseria lactamica Y92-1009 genome sequencing project.
- Sequence data from the Neisseria lactamica ATCC 23970 genome sequencing project.
- Type strain of Neisseria lactamica at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase