Moraxella catarrhalis

Moraxella catarrhalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Moraxella
Species:
M. catarrhalis
Binomial name
Moraxella catarrhalis
(Frosch and Kolle 1896) Henriksen and Bøvre 1968[1]

Moraxella catarrhalis is a fastidious, nonmotile, Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus that can cause infections of the respiratory system, middle ear, eye, central nervous system, and joints of humans. It causes the infection of the host cell by sticking to the host cell using trimeric autotransporter adhesins.

  1. ^ "Moraxella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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