NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram-negative, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum
Proteobacteria. This species is catalase and oxidase positive, produces a yellowish
pigment, reduces nitrate, but not nitrite, requires cystine-cysteine for growth, produces
large amounts of polysaccharides, and produces acid from glucose and maltose, but
not sucrose or lactose. N. polysaccharea is commensal in the nasopharynx of infants
and children and is considered nonpathogenic.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Neisseria polysaccharea.;