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moraxella

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Mor⋅ax⋅el⋅la

  [mawr-uhk-sel-uh]
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–noun Bacteriology.
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, certain species of which, as M. lacunata, are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
Origin:
< NL (1939), after Victor Morax (1899–1935), Swiss ophthalmologist, who isolated the type species; see -ella
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Main Entry: Mor·ax·el·la
Pronunciation: "mor-ak-'sel-&
Function: noun
: a genus of short rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria of thefamily Neisseriaceae that includes the causative agent (M. lacunata) of Morax-Axenfeld conjunctivitis
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Moraxella Mor·ax·el·la (môr'āk-sěl'ə)
n.
A genus of aerobic nonmotile bacteria, containing gram-negative cocci or short rods, that are parasitic on the mucous membranes of humans and other mammals; the type species, M. lacunata, causes conjunctivitis in humans.

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