| Neisseria animaloris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
| Genus: | Neisseria |
| Species: | N. animaloris |
| Binomial name | |
| Neisseria animaloris Vandamme et al. 2006 | |
Neisseria animaloris, formerly named CDC group EF-4a, is a gram-negative coccoid rod. The bacterium is a commensal of the upper respiratory tract of cats and dogs, and they may cause pulmonary infections in cat. [1] In humans Neisseria animaloris have been reported to cause wound infection after animal bites but also chronic otitis media, bacteremia and endophtalmitis. [2] [3] [4]
On blood agar colonies are haemolytic yellowish white, opaque, shiny and smooth. They are oxidase and catalase-positive but indol negative and as a distinct characteristic N amimaloris is arginine dihydrolase positive. Unlike most other Neisseria species N animaloris grows on McConkey agar. [5] [6]
