Moraxella bovis (Hauduroy et al., 1937) Murray, 1948
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- Moraxella
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- Moraxella bovis
Abstract
Moraxella bovis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive diplococcus implicated in infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, an eye disease of cattle,George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Par`t B: The Gammaproteobacteria also colloquially known as pinkeye or New Forest eye. M.bovis was first associated with cattle pinkeye in 1915 in Bengal, India The restriction enzyme MboI, widely used in biotechnology, is isolated from this species.