Which of the following is the causative organism for angular conjunctivitis: (A) Moraxella catarrhalis, (B) Moraxella lacunata, (C) Moraxella pseudogenus, (D) Moraxella bovis
Answer is B. Moraxella lacunata is a sho,plump,gram negative bacteria usually arranged in pairs.they are strictly aerobic grow on ordinary media were first repoed to cause angular conjunctivitis by morax and axenfeld Ref:anantnarayan and paniker's microbiology 10th edition