Moraxella

Moraxella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Moraxellaceae
Genus:	Moraxella Lwoff 1939
Type species
Moraxella lacunata
Species
M. atlantae M. boevrei M. bovis M. bovoculi M. canis M. caprae M. catarrhalis M. caviae M. cuniculi M. equi M. lacunata M. lincolnii M. nonliquefaciens M. oblonga M. osloensis M. pluranimalium M. porci M. saccharolytica

Moraxella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the Moraxellaceae family. 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.