Gemella morbillorum information

Gemella morbillorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Staphylococcaceae
Genus:	Gemella
Species:	G. morbillorum
Binomial name
	Gemella morbillorum; (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988

Gemella morbillorum is a species of bacteria within the genus Gemella. It is a facultative anaerobic^[1] Gram positive coccus usually preferring capnophilic or microaerophilic environments.^[2] From its discovery in 1917 (by R. Tunnicliff) until 1988, it was known as Streptococcus morbillorum (and briefly as Peptostreptococcus morbillorum ^[3]). The name change followed closer examination with DNA filter hybridization (by Kilpper-Balz and Schleifer) which found it was very close to the species Gemella haemolysans.^[4]

^ Journal of Medical Microbiology (2009), 58, 1652–1656
^ Ruoff, Katheryn L. (2011). Aerococcus, Abiotrophia, and other Aerobic Catalase-Negative, Gram Positive Cocci in Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Ed. Washington DC: ASM Press. pp. 365–376.
^ Romond, Ch. (March 1980). "The taxonomy of the peptococcaceae". Infection. 8 (S2): S153–S154. doi:10.1007/BF01639880. PMID 7450858. S2CID 40322407.
^ KILPPER-BaLZ, R.; SCHLEIFER, K. H. (1 October 1988). "Transfer of Streptococcus morbillorum to the Genus Gemella as Gemella morbillorum comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (4): 442–443. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-4-442.

[1] Journal of Medical Microbiology (2009), 58, 1652–1656

[2] Ruoff, Katheryn L. (2011). Aerococcus, Abiotrophia, and other Aerobic Catalase-Negative, Gram Positive Cocci in Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Ed. Washington DC: ASM Press. pp. 365–376.

[3] Romond, Ch. (March 1980). "The taxonomy of the peptococcaceae". Infection. 8 (S2): S153–S154. doi:10.1007/BF01639880. PMID 7450858. S2CID 40322407.

[4] KILPPER-BaLZ, R.; SCHLEIFER, K. H. (1 October 1988). "Transfer of Streptococcus morbillorum to the Genus Gemella as Gemella morbillorum comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (4): 442–443. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-4-442.