FINE STRUCTURE AND TAXONOMIC POSITION OF <i>NEISSERIA HAEMOLYSANS</i> (THJØTTA &amp; BØE 1938) OR <i>GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS</i> (BERGER 1960)

Abstract

Five bacterial strains labelled either Neisseria or Gemella haemolysans were studied with the electron microscope. They were found to be mutually alike and to possess a fine structure like that generally described for Gram‐positive microorganisms. The mean moles per cent guanine + cytosine of the strains was 33.5 which is significantly different from the values hitherto obtained in the Gram‐negative Neisseria.