@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/0096266X-11-1-17, author = "BERGER, ULRICH", title = "A proposed new genus of gram-negative cocci: Gemella", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1961", volume = "11", number = "1", pages = "17-19", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0096266X-11-1-17", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/0096266X-11-1-17", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY Gemella gen. nov. is proposed as the name of a new monotypic genus, with type species Gemella haemolysans (Thjötta and Böe 1938) Berger (basionym Neisseria haemolysans Thjötta and Böe 1938). The genus Neisseria includes the aerobic, oxidase-positive species, Gemella the aerobic, oxidase-negative species and Veillonella the anaerobic, oxidase-negative species.", }