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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Moraxellaceae > Moraxella
Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Gammaproteobacteria > Moraxellaceae > Moraxella

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Moraxella  

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  • infection: coord IM with MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS (IM); note specifics but MORAXELLA KINGAE see KINGELLA KINGAE is available

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  • A genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria occurring as rods (subgenus Moraxella) or cocci (subgenus Branhamella). Its organisms are parasitic on the mucous membranes of humans and other warm-blooded animals.

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