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Taxonomy
Family: Neisseriaceae

Natural habitats
The oral cavity and nasopharynx but possibly also the gastrointestinal and urogenital tract of humans and some mammals, from which it can be transmitted via saliva (bytes, syringes) to other individuals.

Clinical significans
They are associated with periodonitis, infections of the upper respiratory tract, pleura and lungs, abdomen, joints, bones, wounds (e.g, from a human bite), endocarditis, and rarely other infections, such as noma.

Risk factors are dental manipulations and intravenous drug abuse.