Moraxella is a genus of gram-negative bacteria in the family Moraxellaceae. The organisms are short rods, coccobacilli, or as in the case of Moraxella catarrhalis, diplococci in morphology, with asaccharolytic, oxidase-positive, and catalase-positive properties. (Wikipedia, 2024. Moraxella. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraxella)
