| Species/Subspecies: | Bordetella parapertussis | ||||||||
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| Category: | Primarily of interest in human medicin | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: named after the Belgian microbiologist Jules Bordet (1870-1961), who first isolated B. pertussis. Species epithet: resembles pertussis (whooping cough). | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Betaproteobacteria Order Burkholderiales Family Alcaligenaceae Genus Bordetella |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 15311 = CCUG 413 = NCTC 5952 | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | Small coccoid and nonmotile rods. | ||||||||
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| Gram +/Gram -: | G- | ||||||||
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| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | Bordetella spp. does not ferment carbohydrates. | ||||||||
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| Disease: | Pneumonia |
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| Hosts: | Lambs | ||||||||
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Eight species have been described within genus Bordetella. The four species, which are described in VetBact, are very closely related. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-22 |