Neisseria elongata

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of nonmotile, aerobic, catalase-negative, asaccharolytic, oxidase-positive, urea-negative, gram-negative coccobacillus bacterium in the family Neisseriaceae. It is found in the oral bacterial flora of the human pharynx and throat. In rare cases N. elongata is a causative agent of bacterial endocarditis.

**Synonyms:** - NEISSERIA ELONGATA