Moraxella

Translingual

Etymology

Named after Swiss ophthalmologist Victor Morax (1866–1935) +‎ -ella (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Moraxella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraxellaceae – short rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – 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
• Category:Moraxellaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Moraxella at National Center for Biotechnology Information