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  • Neisseria gonorrhea :
    • only grow on chocolate blood agar
    • capnophiles
    • variation in the size of their colonies
    • they cause gonorrhea
  • Neisseria meningtidis:
    • grow on chocolate blood agar and sheep blood agar
    • CO2 is not required but it will surely enhance their growth
    • no variation in the size of their colonies
    • they cause meningitis
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea, while Neisseria meningitidis causes meningitis, a serious infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Both are gram-negative diplococci bacteria and are differentiated by their virulence factors and target tissues in the body.

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