Bacterium
moraxella canis
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A species of aerobic, Gram negative, cocci shaped, bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is positive for oxidase, catalase, butyrate esterase, and y-glutamyl-aminopeptidase activities, negative for phenylalanine deaminase, urease, lipase and lecithinase activity and relatively halointolerant. M. canis is an upper-airway commensal of dogs and cats and is considered nonpathogenic in humans.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Moraxella canis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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