Barrett S J, Sneath P H
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leicester University, UK.
Microbiology (Reading). 1994 Oct;140 ( Pt 10):2867-91. doi: 10.1099/00221287-140-10-2867.
A numerical phenotypic taxonomic study of 315 strains of Neisseria and some allied bacteria examined for 155 phenotypic tests showed 31 groups, most of which were reasonably distinct. These fell into four major areas. Areas A, B and C contained species of Neisseria, whereas area D contained the organisms known as 'false neisserias' together with Branhamella, Moraxella and Kingella species. Area A contained N. gonorrhoeae (which showed two subgroups), N. meningitidis (with two subgroups, and N. cinerea closely associated), N. polysaccharea, N. elongata subsp, glycolytica and N. lactamica. Area B contained mainly organisms from the human nasopharynx, and the nine groups were not very distinct: only three, N. mucosa, N. perflava and N. sicca could be recognized by the presence of type strains, and there was little relationship between taxonomic position and species epithets. Area C contained several groups from animals, N. animalis, N. canis and two phenons that may be justified as new species of Neisseria, one from lizards and the other from dental plaque of herbivores. Area C also contained N. elongata, N. subflava (with N. flavescens), type strain of Morococcus cerebrosis and the CDC groups M-5 (N. weaveri) and EF-4. Area D contained Branhamella catarrhalis, a combined group which consists of strains of the 'false neisserias' N. caviae and N. cuniculi, the 'false neisseria' N. ovis, and a group of Moraxella strains. A small group representing Kingella kingae is included in area D. Mean test error was 1.7%.
对315株奈瑟菌及一些相关细菌进行了155项表型试验的数值表型分类研究，结果显示有31个组，其中大多数组相当清晰可辨。这些组分为四个主要区域。区域A、B和C包含奈瑟菌属的物种，而区域D包含所谓的“假奈瑟菌”以及布兰汉菌属、莫拉克斯菌属和金氏菌属的生物。区域A包含淋病奈瑟菌（显示出两个亚组）、脑膜炎奈瑟菌（有两个亚组，与灰色奈瑟菌密切相关）、多糖奈瑟菌、长奈瑟菌亚种解糖亚种和乳奈瑟菌。区域B主要包含来自人类鼻咽部的生物，这九个组不是很清晰可辨：只有三个，即粘膜炎奈瑟菌、微黄奈瑟菌和干燥奈瑟菌可以通过模式菌株的存在来识别，分类位置和种名之间几乎没有关系。区域C包含来自动物的几个组，动物奈瑟菌、犬奈瑟菌以及两个可能被认定为奈瑟菌新物种的表型群，一个来自蜥蜴，另一个来自食草动物的牙菌斑。区域C还包含长奈瑟菌、微黄奈瑟菌（与浅黄奈瑟菌在一起）、脑莫拉克斯菌的模式菌株以及疾病控制和预防中心的M-5组（韦弗奈瑟菌）和EF-4组。区域D包含卡他布兰汉菌、一个由“假奈瑟菌”豚鼠奈瑟菌和兔奈瑟菌的菌株组成的组合组、“假奈瑟菌”羊奈瑟菌以及一组莫拉克斯菌菌株。代表金氏金氏菌的一个小组包含在区域D中。平均试验误差为1.7%。
