Preferred Label : Neisseria sicca;
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 grayish
white pigment, utilizes glucose, maltose, fructose, and sucrose, but not mannose or
lactose, reduces nitrite, but not nitrate, synthesizes polysaccharides, and spontaneously
agglutinates in saline. N. sicca is found in the nasopharynx, saliva, and sputum of
humans, but is also an opportunistic pathogen.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Neisseria sicca.;
Taxon ID : 490;
Origin ID : C86608;
UMLS CUI : C0317893;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
