| Moraxellaceae | |
|---|---|
) | |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pseudomonadales |
| Family: | Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991 |
| Genus | |
| Acinetobacter | |
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 is a human pathogen, and Moraxella bovis is the cause of "pinkeye" of cattle (infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis).[1]
References
- ^ a b George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria
- ^ 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.
External links
- J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Pink-eye in Beef Cattle - Department of Primary Industries