Moraxella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 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.
The organisms are commensals of mucosal surfaces and sometimes give rise to opportunistic infection. [2]