True about Neisseria gonorrhoea
Kidney shaped
Isolated in PIKE's medium
Not transmitted through sexual contact
Protein II is useful for typing
In smears from the urethral discharge in acute gonorrhea, the organism appears as diplococcus with the adjacent sides concave, being typically kidney-shaped Ref: Textbook of microbiology; Ananthanarayan and paniker's; 10th Edition; Pg:234
Bacteriology