Name: Gemella morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Kilpper-Bälz and Schleifer 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933

Etymology: mor.bil.lo’rum. N.L. gen. masc. pl. n. morbillorum, of measles, once considered to be associated with measles

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27824; CCM 4942; CCUG 15561; CCUG 18164; CECT 991; CIP 81.10; DSM 20572; JCM 12968; LMG 18985; NCTC 11323; Prevot 2917B; Prévot 2917B; VPI 5424

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC096237 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Streptococcus morbillorum to the genus Gemella as Gemella morbillorum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:442-443.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptococcus morbillorum (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Diplococcus morbillorum" Prévot 1933	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Peptostreptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Smith 1957	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Peptococcus morbillorum" (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 219 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Gemella Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kilpper-Bälz R, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Streptococcus morbillorum to the genus Gemella as Gemella morbillorum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:442-443.

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Record number: 776434