Moraxellaceae Explained

The Moraxellaceae are a family of Gammaproteobacteria, including a few pathogenic species.^[1] Others are harmless commensals of mammals and humans or occur in water or soil. The species are mesophilic or psychrotrophic (Psychrobacter).^[2]

Moraxella catarrhalis and Acinetobacter baumannii are human pathogens, and Moraxella bovis is the cause of "pinkeye" of cattle (infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis).

External links

• J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Pink-eye in Beef Cattle - Department of Primary Industries

Notes and References

1. George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
2. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/41/2/310.full.pdf R. Rossau, A. van Landschoot, M. Gillis & J. de Ley, "Taxonomy of Moraxellaceae fam. nov., a New Bacterial Family To Accommodate the Genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter, and Psychrobacter and Related Organisms". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 42 (1991), n.º 2, pp. 310-319