Does Neisseria gonorrhoeae live in the enviroment naturally?
No. N. Gonorrhoeae lives only within the human body There are a variety of Neisseria spp. that live in various places in the environment, it’s probably one of these that the original human pathogen, but Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen. It can be found in the human throat, but this is rare and essentially never without symptoms. It is not a normal resident. Basically, you picked it up from your last sexual partner, and did not have symptoms until now. It’s incredibly common for men to have no symptoms of any sort from this sort of infection, and to host it for years without realizing it.
This bacteria does not live in the environment naturally. You have to come in contact with an infected person. Your case is a curious one. You might have been carrying the bacteria for two years and then maybe you became ill and the bacteria had a chance to become active. You can read this for more, http://www.textbookofbacteriology.
