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Neisseria meningitidis

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q154625
Neisseria meningitidis
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Summary

Neisseria meningitidis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,728 views/month, #1,336 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Neisseria[4]
  • Taxon name: Neisseria meningitidis[5]
  • Commons category: Neisseria meningitidis[6]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C86605[7]
  • Short name: N. meningitidis[8]
  • Taxon common name: Meningokokk[9]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/neisseria-meningitidis[10]
  • Gram staining: gram-negative bacteria[11]

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Identifiers

Neisseria meningitidis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 570710[12]. Neisseria meningitidis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 487[13]. Neisseria meningitidis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 996566[14]. Neisseria meningitidis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3220226[15]. Neisseria meningitidis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 964013[16].

Why It Matters

Neisseria meningitidis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gram staining → gram-negative bacteria
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    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2204473
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