Moraxella
Sign in to saveMoraxella 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. M. catarrhalis is the clinically most important species under this genus.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderPseudomonadales
- FamilyMoraxellaceae
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
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- M. cat BSAC.JPG
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- Moraxella
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- www.bacterio.net/moraxella.html
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Article · Português
Moraxella é um gênero de bactérias Gram-negativas da família Moraxellaceae nomeada em homenagem ao oftalmologista suíço Victor Morax. Os organismos são bacilos curtos, cocobacilos ou, como no caso de , diplococos em morfologia, com não-sacarolíticos, oxidase e catalase positivos.
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