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