moraxella bovis moraxella bovis 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, referred to colloquially as pinkeye or new forest eye. m. bovis was first associated with pinkeye in cattle 1915 in bengal, india moraxella bovis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: pseudomonadales family: moraxellaceae genus: moraxella species: m. bovis binomial name moraxella bovis(hauduroy et al. 1937) murray 1948 (approved lists 1980) the restriction enzyme mboi, widely used in biotechnology, is isolated from this species.