Preferred Label : Neisseria cinerea;
NCIt synonyms : Micrococcus cinereus;
NCIt definition : A species of anaerobic, Gram-negative, diplococci shaped bacteria assigned to the
phylum Proteobacteria. This species is oxidase positive, reduces nitrite, but not
nitrate, produces carbonic anhydrase, does not hydrolyze tributyrin, is non-hemolytic,
and does not produce acid from glucose, maltose, fructose, sucrose, mannose, or lactose.
N. cinerea is commensal in the human nasal and oropharyngeal tract, and is considered
non-pathogenic, but can become pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Neisseria cinerea.;
Taxon ID : 483;
Origin ID : C86601;
UMLS CUI : C0317886;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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