Moraxellaceae | |
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Acinetobacter baumannii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Pseudomonadales |
Family: |
Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991 |
Genus | |
Acinetobacter |
Acinetobacter
Alkanindiges
Branhamella (Moraxella)
Enhydrobacter
Moraxella
Paraperlucidibaca
Perlucidibaca
Psychrobacter
The Moraxellaceae are a family of Gammaproteobacteria, including a few pathogenic species. Others are harmless parasites of mammals and humans or occur in water or soil. The species are mesophilic or psychrotrophic (Psychrobacter).
Moraxella catarrhalis is a human pathogen, and Moraxella bovis is the cause of "pinkeye" of cattle ().