Moraxella

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Moraxella
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Moraxella
Lwoff, 1939 [1]
Type species
Moraxella lacunata [1]
Species

M. atlantae
M. boevrei
M. bovis
M. bovoculi
M. canis
M. caprae
M. catarrhalis
M. caviae
M. cuniculi
M. equi
M. haemolytica
M. lacunata
M. lincolnii
M. nasibovis
M. nasicaprae
M. nasovis
M. nonliquefaciens
M. oblonga
M. oculi
M. osloensis
M. pluranimalium
M. porci
M. saccharolytica

Contents

Moraxella is a genus of gram-negative bacteria in the family Moraxellaceae. It is named after the Swiss ophthalmologist Victor Morax. The organisms are short rods, coccobacilli, or as in the case of Moraxella catarrhalis , diplococci in morphology, with asaccharolytic, oxidase-positive, and catalase-positive properties. [2] M. catarrhalis is the clinically most important species under this genus.

Roles in disease

The organisms are commensals of mucosal surfaces and sometimes give rise to opportunistic infection. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. 1 2 3 Ala'Aldeen, D. A. A. (2007). "Neisseria and moraxella". In Greenwood, David; Slack, Richard; Peitherer, John; & Barer, Mike (Eds.), Medical Microbiology (17th ed.), p. 258. Elsevier. ISBN   978-0-443-10209-7.
  3. "Gonorrhea Laboratory Information: Moraxella catarrhalis". Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved March 5, 2012.

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