Medical term:

Kingella



Kingella

(kin-jel'ah), Avoid the mispronunciation king-el'ă.
Genus in the family Neisseriaceae; members are medium-size, gram-negative, aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile cocci and coccobacilli in pairs or short chains, which may decolorize poorly with acetone-alcohol; they are oxidase positive, and ferment glucose with acid but not gas. The type species is Kingella kingae.
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Kin·gel·la

(king-gel'ă)
Member of the family Neisseriaceae; a gram-negative coccus with a requirement of enhanced carbon dioxide for recovery in culture.
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Kingella

(kĭng-ĕl′lăh)
A genus of gram-negative bacilli of the family Neisseriaceae, normal flora of the oral cavity.

Kingella kingae

A species that may cause bone or joint infections in children.
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