Species
FAMILY
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderPseudomonadales
- FamilyMoraxellaceae
Observations recorded243,533
Moraxella bovis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive rod-shaped bacterium. It is the cause of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, a contagious ocular disease of cattle, referred to colloquially as pinkeye or New Forest eye. M. bovis was first associated with pinkeye in cattle 1915 in Bengal, India The restriction enzyme MboI, widely used in biotechnology, is isolated from this species.
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Research
6,218 papers- Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 1991
- Moraxella peritoneal dialysis-related infections: a systematic review.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia · 2026
- Moraxella osloensis infection among adults and children: A pediatric case and literature review.Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie · 2021
- Moraxella catarrhalis: from interactions with the host immune system to vaccine development.Future microbiology · 2012
- Moraxella keratitis: epidemiology and outcomes.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Moraxellaceae
- Image
- M. cat BSAC.JPG
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Moraxella
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- www.bacterio.net/moraxella.html
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