Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an exclusive human pathogen. Recent studies have demonstrated that it utilizes two distinct mechanisms for entry into human urethral and cervical epithelial cells involving different bacterial surface ligands and host receptors. These studies have demonstrated that the gonococcus can form biofilms on glass surfaces and over human cells. There is evidence for the formation of gonococcal biofilms on human cervical epithelial cells during natural disease and further evidence that outer membrane blebbing by the gonococcus is crucial in biofilm formation over human cervical epithelial cells read more ...

from Michael Apicella, Megan L. Falsetta, Ryan Neil and Christopher Steichen in Neisseria: Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis

Labels: Gonococcal, Neisseria, Neisseria gonorrhoeae