Moraxella (redirected from Moraxella bovis)

Moraxella /Mo·rax·el·la/ (mo-rak-sel´ah) a genus of bacteria (family Neisseriaceae), made up of gram-negative, short, aerobic, nonpigmented organisms found as parasites and pathogens on the mucous membranes of mammals; it includes two subgenera: M. (Moraxella) and M. (Branhamella). M. (Branhamel´la) catarrha´lis is a normal inhabitant of the human nasal cavity and nasopharynx, occasionally causing otitis media or respiratory disease. M. (Moraxel´la) lacuna´ta causes conjunctivitis and corneal infections.

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Mor·ax·el·la (môrk-sl)

n.

A genus of aerobic nonmotile bacteria, containing gram-negative cocci or short rods, that are parasitic on the mucous membranes of humans and other mammals; the type species, M. lacunata, causes conjunctivitis in humans.

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Moraxella

a genus of short, rod-shaped bacteria that occur in pairs. M. lacunata and M. phenylpyruvica are of unknown pathogenicity in animals.

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Moraxella anatipestifer

see Riemerellaanatipestifer.

Moraxella bovis

causes infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis.