Neisseria mucosa (CIP 59.55, NCTC 4590)

Name: Neisseria mucosa (CIP 59.55, NCTC 4590)
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BacDive ID 137487

Type strain

Culture col. no. CIP 59.55 NCTC 4590

NCBI tax ID(s) 488

Special Collections CIP

History CIP <- 1959, NCTC <- A. Fleming, St Mary Hosp., London, UK: strain 1, Neisseria pharyngis var. flavus

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Neisseria mucosa CIP 59.55 is a bacterium of the family Neisseriaceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 363643

NCTC 4590,CCM 4403,CIP 59.55

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:39:02

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Neisseriales

Family Neisseriaceae

Genus Neisseria

Species Neisseria mucosa

Full scientific name Neisseria mucosa Véron et al. 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Neisseria mucosa** (39)	Type strain
10469	N. mucosa N 16 1959, DSM 17611, ATCC 19696, CIP 59.51, ... (type strain)
134456	N. mucosa X 34, CIP 59.47, ATCC 19693
134752	N. mucosa X 68, CIP 59.48, ATCC 19694
134753	N. mucosa X 71, CIP 59.49, ATCC 19695
134754	N. mucosa Pat, CIP 59.50, ATCC 19697
135684	N. mucosa M3, CIP 73.14, ATCC 25999, NCTC 10777, CCUG ...
136267	N. mucosa AmMS 138, CIP 104058, ATCC 49233
141307	N. mucosa CCUG 795, NCDC B4509
141312	N. mucosa CCUG 804
141313	N. mucosa CCUG 805
142076	N. mucosa CCUG 10421
142378	N. mucosa CCUG 12106
142392	N. mucosa CCUG 12285
142493	N. mucosa CCUG 12673
142824	N. mucosa CCUG 15084
143128	N. mucosa CCUG 17327
143589	N. mucosa CCUG 20483
144342	N. mucosa CCUG 24677 B
144359	N. mucosa CCUG 24737
144848	N. mucosa CCUG 26783
145611	N. mucosa CCUG 28979
145838	N. mucosa CCUG 29748
146017	N. mucosa CCUG 30166 A
146018	N. mucosa CCUG 30166 B
146067	N. mucosa CCUG 30321
146635	N. mucosa CCUG 31685
147024	N. mucosa CCUG 32663
147462	N. mucosa CCUG 33613
148085	N. mucosa CCUG 34798
148220	N. mucosa CCUG 35064
150112	N. mucosa CCUG 39006
150522	N. mucosa CCUG 41480
150781	N. mucosa CCUG 42307
151058	N. mucosa CCUG 43177
151745	N. mucosa CCUG 44774
151776	N. mucosa CCUG 44849
153226	N. mucosa CCUG 48804
155712	N. mucosa CCUG 59115
156828	N. mucosa CCUG 65884

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Composition	Medium link
38020	MEDIUM 6 - Columbia agar with 10 % horse blood		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Columbia agar (39.000 g);Horseblood (100.000 ml)
38020	CIP Medium 6			Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
38020	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
38020		London	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe
38020	Normal throat	London	United Kingdom	GBR	Europe	1934

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
38020	1	Risk group (French classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Characterisation of Branhamella catarrhalis and differentiation from Neisseria species in a diagnostic laboratory.	Ahmad F, Young H, McLeod DT, Croughan MJ, Calder MA.	J Clin Pathol	10.1136/jcp.40.11.1369	1987

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#38020	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 59.55
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Neisseria mucosa (CIP 59.55, NCTC 4590)

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Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

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