Moraxella bovis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase-positive rod-shaped bacterium. It is the cause of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, a contagious ocular disease of cattle,George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part 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. M. bovis has been observed as an opportunistic pathogen in humans.
The restriction enzyme MboI, widely used in biotechnology, is isolated from this species.
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External links - Department of Primary Industries Type strain of Moraxella bovis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase Culturing pinkeye lesions: Moraxella bovis vs. Moraxella ovis