Bordetella

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iBordetella
Flagellated B. bronchiseptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Beta Proteobacteria Order: Burkholderiales Family: Alcaligenaceae Genus: Bordetella Moreno-López 1952
Species
B. ansorpii B. avium B. bronchiseptica B. hinzii B. holmesii B. parapertussis B. pertussis B. petrii B. trematum

Bordetella is a genus of small (0.2 - 0.7 µm) coccobacilli of the phylum proteobacteria. Bordetella species are strict aerobes as well as highly fastidious. Three species are human pathogens (B. pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. bronchiseptica); one of these (B. bronchiseptica) is also motile.

B. pertussis and occasionally B. parapertussis cause pertussis or whooping cough in humans, while B. bronchiseptica is the causative agent in infectious bronchitis. Several other species cause similar disease in other mammals, and in birds (B. avium, B. hinzii). A strain of Bordetella is also responsible for Kennel cough in dogs.

The Bordetella genus is named after Jules Bordet

[edit] References

• Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology, 4th ed., McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.

This organism is a Gram-Negative coccus.