Moraxella

Moraxella is a genus of aerobic gram- negative bacteria.

The genus Moraxella today define the Moraxellaceae family ( order Pseudomonadales ) after they had been assigned previously to the Neisseriaceae family. These are cocci, diplococci or short rods that form small colonies on blood agar, are immobile and oxidase -positive. Several species belonging to the genus, including Moraxella catarrhalis, which Infektexazerbationen of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) may cause, and can cause Moraxella bovis, the Infectious corneal and conjunctival inflammation of the cattle, and Moraxella osloensis that discussed as a biological agent against slugs is, although it may be occasionally pathogenic for humans. For the treatment of cephalosporins, quinolones or tetracyclines come into question, since it has been to penicillin developed resistance.

Species

A list of existing types:

• Moraxella atlantae Bøvre et al. 1976
• Moraxella boevrei Kodjo et al. 1997
• Moraxella bovis ( Hauduroy et al. 1937) Murray 1948
• Moraxella bovoculi Angelos et al. 2007
• Moraxella canis Jannes et al. 1993
• Moraxella caprae Kodjo et al. 1995
• Moraxella cuniculi ( Berger 1962) Bøvre and Hagen 1984
• Moraxella equi Hughes and Pugh 1970
• Moraxella lacunata ( Eyre 1900) Lwoff 1939
• Moraxella lincolnii Vandamme et al. 1993
• Moraxella nonliquefaciens (Scarlett 1916) Lwoff 1939
• Moraxella oblonga Xie and Yokota 2005
• Moraxella osloensis Bøvre and Henriksen 1967
• Moraxella pluranimalium Vela et al. 2009
• Moraxella porci Vela et al. 2010
• Moraxella saccharolytica Flame 1956
• Moraxella urethralis Lautrop et al. 1970