Moraxella

Taxonomy ID: 475 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:475)

current name

Moraxella  Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) in  in  [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)] , [Lwoff A (1939)]

includes:

Moraxella (subgen. Branhamella)

Branhamella  Catlin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

homotypic synonym:

Moraxella  Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Li et al. 2022 , emended name  ¹⁾ in [Li F et al. (2022)]

Moraxella  Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Sbissi et al. 2025 , emended name  ²⁾ in [Sbissi I et al. (2025b)]

NCBI BLAST name: g-proteobacteria
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

"Diplobacillus"  McNab 1904 , effective name  ³⁾

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Moraxellales; Moraxellaceae

Notes:

• 1) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.
• 2) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.
• 3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.

Lwoff A (1939)

Li F et al. (2022) , Pubmed: abstract Li, F., Zhu, P., Li, Z., Zhao, W., Gao, H., Hong, Q., Song, J., and Yang, S. "Moraxella nasovis sp. nov., isolated from a sheep with respiratory disease." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2022) 72(9):005511.

Sbissi I et al. (2025b) , Pubmed: abstract Sbissi, I., Kammoun, I., El May, H., Bouzidi, T., Ghodhbane-Gtari, F., and Gtari, M. "Reclassification of Moraxella boevrei, M. osloensis and M. atlantae, into the genus Faucicola, and proposal of a new genus within the family Moraxellaceae, Lwoffella lincolnii gen. nov., comb. nov., to accommodate the divergent species Moraxella lincolnii." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2025) 75(6):006820.

Moraxella (LPSN link)

Branhamella (LPSN link)

Enright MC et al. (1994) Enright, M.C., Carter, P.E., MacLean, I.A., and McKenzie, H. "Phylogenetic relationships between some members of the genera Neisseria, Acinetobacter, Moraxella, and Kingella based on partial 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1994) 44:387-391.

Bøvre K (1979) Bøvre, K. "Proposal to divide the genus Moraxella Lwoff 1939 emend. Henriksen and Bøvre 1968 into two subgenera - subgenus Moraxella (Lwoff 1939) Bøvre 1979 and subgenus Branhamella (Catlin 1970) Bøvre 1979." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1979) 29:403-406. [No PubMed record available.]

Euzeby JP (2001) Euzeby, J.P. "Nomenclature of the subgenera Moraxella and Branhamella and of the nine species included in these subgenera and proposal to modify Rule 34a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.(2001) 51:1939-1941."

Garrity GM et al. (2011) Garrity, G.M., Labeda, D.P., and Oren, A. "Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2011) 61(11):2775-2780.

JUDICIAL OPINION 83 (2008) Tindall, B.J., De Vos, P., and Truuper, H.G. "Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes XIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 23, 24 and 27 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:1737-1745. [No PubMed record available.]

JUDICIAL OPINION 83 SUPPL. (2014) Tindall, B.J.. "The subgenus names Moraxella and Branhamella (in the genus Moraxella) are not in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria and are therefore not validly published: Supplementary information to Opinion 83. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:3595-3596.

Pettersson B et al. (1998) Pettersson, B., Kodjo, A., Ronaghi, M., Uhlen, M., and Tonjum, T. "Phylogeny of the family Moraxellaceae by 16S rDNA sequence analysis, with special emphasis on differentiation of Moraxella species." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1998) 48(1):75-89.

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) (Branhamella) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors): "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

VALIDATION LIST No. 15 (1984) (Moraxella (subgen. Branhamella)) VALIDATION LIST No. 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:355-357.

VALIDATION LIST No. 15 (1984) (Moraxella (subgen. Moraxella)) VALIDATION LIST No. 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1984) 34:355-357.