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

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