Moraxella lacunata
| Moraxella lacunata | |
|---|---|
| Microscope view of Moraxella lacunata bacteria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pseudomonadales |
| Family: | Moraxellaceae |
| Genus: | Moraxella |
| Species: | M. lacunata |
| Binomial name | |
| Moraxella lacunata (Eyre 1900) Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
Moraxella lacunata is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative, nonmotile bacterium, generally present as diploid pairs. It causes one of the commonest forms of catarrhal conjunctivitis.