''Moraxella bovis'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...

, oxidase-positive rod-shaped bacterium. It is the cause of

infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), also known as pinkeye, New Forest eye or blight,Farming Small Areas, August/September, 2008, "Clearing up pinkeye" is a veterinary infection of cattle caused by '' Moraxella bovis'', a Gram-negative, β- ...

, a contagious ocular disease of

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

,George M. Garrity: ''

Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology ''Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology'' is the main resource for determining the identity of prokaryotic organisms, emphasizing bacterial species, using every characterizing aspect. The manual was published subsequent to ''Bergey's Manual ...

''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Par`t B: The Gammaproteobacteria'' referred to colloquially as pinkeye or New Forest eye. ''M. bovis'' was first associated with pinkeye in cattle 1915 in Bengal, India The

restriction enzyme A restriction enzyme, restriction endonuclease, REase, ENase or'' restrictase '' is an enzyme that cleaves DNA into fragments at or near specific recognition sites within molecules known as restriction sites. Restriction enzymes are one class o ...

MboI, widely used in biotechnology, is isolated from this species.

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Pink-eye in Beef Cattle
- Department of Primary Industries
Type strain of ''Moraxella bovis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity MetadatabaseCulturing pinkeye lesions: Moraxella bovis vs. Moraxella ovis
Moraxellaceae Gram-negative bacteria Bovine diseases {{veterinary-med-stub