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]

Moraxellaceae
Acinetobacter baumannii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Rossau et al. 1991
Genus

Acinetobacter
Alkanindiges
Branhamella (taxonomically invalid)
Cavicella
Faucicola
Fluviicoccus
Moraxella
Paraperlucidibaca
Perlucidibaca
Psychrobacter

Moraxella catarrhalis and Acinetobacter baumannii are human pathogens, and Moraxella bovis is the cause of "pinkeye" of cattle (infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis).[1]

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