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 |
The Moraxellaceae are a family of Gammaproteobacteria, including a few pathogenic species.[1] Other are harmless parasites of mammals and humans or occur in water or soil. The species are mesophilic or psychrotrophic (Psychrobacter).
Moraxella catarrhalis is human pathogen and Moraxella bovis is the cause of "Pink Eye" (Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis) of cattles.[1]