Neisseria is a bacteria named after a German physician named Albert Neisser (Murray, Rosenthal, and Pfaller 312). This organism can be described as aerobic, gram-negative cocci that does not form endospores. In addition to these authors’ findings, the genus Neisseria contains 10 species found in humans (Murray et al. 312). Two specifically, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis, are obligate human pathogens that have been reported to cause opportunistic human infections (Hung, “The Biology of Neisseria Adhesins”). Due to this bacterium being obligate human pathogens, it means that in order for the disease to occur, they must transmit it from one host to another. N. gonorrhoeae is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is the most
