Moraxella
/ˌmɔːraˈksɛlə/ /ˌmɒrəˈksɛlə/Microbiology
noun
A genus of Gram-negative bacteria (family Neisseriaceae) inhabiting the mucous membranes of mammals and causing infections of the middle ear, respiratory tract, and conjunctiva; specifically a subgenus of this genus comprising rod-shaped bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; (also moraxella) a bacterium of this genus.
Origin
1940s. From scientific Latin Moraxella from the name of Victor Morax, Swiss ophthalmologist, who discovered the bacteria + classical Latin -ella).
- pseudoboléite
- pseudobranch
- pseudobranchia
- pseudobranchial
- pseudobranchium
- pseudobreccia
- pseudobrecciation
- pseudobrookite
- pseudobulb
- pseudobulbar
- pseudobulbil
- pseudobulbous
- pseudocarp
- pseudo-Catholic
- pseudo-Catholicism
- pseudocele
- pseudocholinesterase
- pseudo-Christ
- pseudo-Christian
- pseudo-Christianity
- pseudochromaesthesia
- pseudochromesthesia
- pseudochrysolite
- pseudocide
- pseudocirrhosis