the following information is not yet verified
Taxonomy
Family: Moraxellaceae
Formily: Moraxella
P. phenylpyrivicus
Natural habitat
They can be isolated from soil, seawater, seabirds especially penguins, fish, poultry,irradiated foods and from human clinical isolates.
It may occasionally be an opportunistic human pathogens.
Clinical significance
Can cause humans infections such asendocarditis, peritonitis, and fungating lesions of the foot, but those infections caused by this bacterium are rare.
BE AWARE that Brucella sp can be MISIDENTIFIED as P. phenylpurivicus or H. influenzae
the following information is not yet verified
Gram negative coccobacillus
have a tendency to resist decolorization
Obligate Aerobic / fastidious
Grows between 4-35ºC
BA colonies are smooth, translucent to semi-opaque, small 0.5 mm after 24 hours of incubation,
McConkey growth,
BBAØ no growth