Preferred Label : Neisseria meningitidis;
NCIt synonyms : Beta-Lactamase Negative Neisseria meningitidis;
NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram-negative, diplococci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is catalase and oxidase positive, non-hemolytic, non-pigmented,
does not reduce nitrate or nitrite, does not synthesize polysaccharides, grows on
blood, chocolate, or Muller-Hinton agar, and produces acid from glucose and maltose
but not fructose, sucrose, mannose, or lactose. N. meningitidis, known commonly as
meningococcus, is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis, but is also associated
with other human infections, but can be commensal in the oropharynx and nasopharynx
of carriers.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Neisseria meningitidis.;
UNII : V3TP2MD7F3;
Taxon ID : 487;
Origin ID : C86605;
UMLS CUI : C0027575;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
