Victor Morax To Moraxella

                                                            Moraxella Catarrhalis 

The genus was named after Victor Morax (1866–1935), a Swiss-French ophthalmologist and bacteriologist.

                                           Victor Morax

• Studied bacterial infections of the Eye.

• Associated with the discovery of the organism responsible for angular conjunctivitis.

• Moraxella was named in his honour.

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