Neisseria lactamica is a gram-negative diplococcus bacterium. It is strictly a commensal species of the nasopharynx. Uniquely among the Neisseria they are able to produce β-D-galactosidase and ferment lactose.[1]
This species is most commonly carried by young children.
There is an inverse relationship between colonisation by N. lactamica and Neisseria meningitidis.[2]
Carriage of N. lactamica has been associated with decreased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease.[3]
However, resistance to penicillin and other beta-lactams may be transmitted from commensal neisseriae such as Neisseria lactamica to disease causing Neisseria meningitidis by the process of genetic transformation.[4]
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^Gold R, Goldschneider I, Lepow ML, Draper TF, Randolph M (1978). "Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in infants and children". Journal of Infectious Diseases. 137 (2): 112–21. doi:10.1093/infdis/137.2.112. PMID 415097.
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^Saez-Nieto JA, Lujan R, Martinez-Suarez JV, Berron S, Vazquez JA, Viñas M, Campos J (1990). "Neisseria lactamica and Neisseria polysaccharea as possible sources of meningococcal beta-lactam resistance by genetic transformation". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 34 (11): 2269–72. doi:10.1128/aac.34.11.2269. PMC 172037. PMID 2127349.
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