Moraxella
Translingual
Etymology
Named after Swiss ophthalmologist Victor Morax (1866–1935) + -ella (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Moraxella f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Moraxellaceae – short rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Moraxellaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Moraxella catarrhalis, Moraxella lacunata - some species
Descendants
- → English: moraxella
References
- Moraxella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Moraxella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Moraxellaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Moraxella at National Center for Biotechnology Information