Meningococcal disease occurs worldwide with incidence rates varying from 1 to 1000 cases
per 100,000. The causative organism, Neisseria meningitidis, is an obligate commensal of …

Neisseria species are extremely well-adapted to their mammalian hosts and they display
unique phenotypes that account for their ability to thrive within niche-specific conditions. The …

Commensal bacteria comprise a large part of the microbial world, playing important roles in
human development, health and disease. However, little is known about the genomic …

Molecular data on a limited number of chromosomal loci have shown that the population of
Neisseria meningitidis (Nm), a deadly human pathogen, is structured in distinct lineages …

Pathogenicity is a complex multifactorial process confounded by the concerted activity of
genetic regions associated with virulence and/or resistance determinants. Pathogenicity …

Gonorrhea, which may become untreatable due to multiple resistance to available
antibiotics, remains a public health problem worldwide. Precise methods for typing Neisseria …

Background It has been noted that many bacterial virulence factor genes are located within
genomic islands (GIs; clusters of genes in a prokaryotic genome of probable horizontal …

Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of infectious childhood mortality worldwide. Most
research efforts have hitherto focused on disease isolates belonging to only a few …

The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is commonly found harmlessly colonising the mucosal
surfaces of the human nasopharynx. Occasionally strains can invade host tissues causing …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are closely related organisms that cause
the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea and serious bacterial meningitis and …