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Moraxella atlantae

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Gammaproteobacteria

Family
  
Moraxellaceae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Order
  
Pseudomonadales

Genus
  
Moraxella

Similar
  
Moraxella osloensis, Oligella urethralis, Moraxellaceae, Oligella, Neisseria elongata

Moraxella atlantae is a Gram-negative, oxidase-positive and catalase-positive, rod-shaped, nonmotile bacterium in the genus Moraxella, which was isolated from aerobic blood cultures from a female cancer patient.M. atlantae is a rare opportunistic pathogen which can usually treated by common antibiotics.

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Moraxella atlantae Wikipedia