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.

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.

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.