A proposed new genus of gram-negative cocci: Gemella BERGER, ULRICH,, 11, 17-19 (1961), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/0096266X-11-1-17, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, 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., language=, type=