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Neisseria meningitidis

Known as: Micrococcus intracellularis, meningitidis n, Meningococcus 
A species of aerobic, Gram-negative, diplococci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is catalase and oxidase positive… 
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Vaccine Potential of the Neisseria meningitidis 2086 Lipoprotein
ABSTRACT A novel antigen that induces cross-reactive bactericidal antibodies against a number of Neisseria meningitidis strains… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Vaccination against Neisseria meningitidis Using Three Variants of the Lipoprotein GNA1870
Sepsis and meningitis caused by serogroup B meningococcus are devastating diseases of infants and young adults, which cannot yet… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The relative contributions of recombination and mutation to the divergence of clones of Neisseria meningitidis.
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a recently developed nucleotide sequence-based method for the definitive assignment of… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae
Introduction This manual summarizes laboratory techniques used in the isolation and identification of Neisseria meningitidis (the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Identification and characterization of the transferrin receptor from Neisseria meningitidis
Expression of the meningococcal transferrin receptor, detected by assay with human transferrin conjugated to peroxidase, was… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
ANTIGENIC SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BRAIN COMPONENTS AND BACTERIA CAUSING MENINGITIS Implications for Vaccine Development and Pathogenesis
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in infants and children.
Asymptomatic carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica was studied in a total of 2,969 healthy infants and… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and neisseria meningitidis: extracellular enzyme cleaves human immunoglobulin A
The gonococcus and meningococcus, which infect human mucosal surfaces, elaborate a highly specific proteolytic enzyme which… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
RELEASE OF ENDOTOXIN IN THE FORM OF CELL WALL BLEBS DURING IN VITRO GROWTH OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS
Multiple cell wall blebs were observed on the surface of three strains of N. meningitidis taken from log phase cultures. The… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Nutritional profiles of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Neisseria lactamica in chemically defined media and the use of growth requirements for gonococcal typing.
the gonococci multiplied with generation times 60 min, yielding about 5 x 108 cfu/ml within 10 hr and more than 109 cfu/ml by 24… 
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