Neisseria Gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also known as gonococci (plural), or gonococcus (singular), is a species of Gram-negative coffee bean-shaped diplococci bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea.

N. gonorrhoea was first described by Albert Neisser in 1879.

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