Bordetella pertussis

Rank: Species

Lineage: Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Betaproteobacteria;Burkholderiales;Alcaligenaceae;Bordetella;Bordetella pertussis

Description: This organism, which is unable to persist in the environment, is a strict human pathogen that causes whooping cough. Once a common cause of death in children the development of a vaccine has greatly decreased the number of deaths due to Bordetella pertussis. However, this organism infects and estimated 39 million people and kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Bordetella%20pertussis

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Bordetella	Genus	29
Bordetella pertussis	Species	28

Name: Bordetella

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Betaproteobacteria;Burkholderiales;Alcaligenaceae;Bordetella

Description:
Bordetella is a genus of small , Gram-negative coccobacilli of the phylum Proteobacteria. Bordetella species, with the exception of B. petrii, are obligate aerobes, as well as highly fastidious, or difficult to culture. All species can infect humans. The first three species to be described (B. pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. bronchiseptica,); are sometimes referred to as the 'classical species'. One of these (B. bronchiseptica) is also motile.

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordetella

Genome Status
- Complete
- WGS
Isolation Country
- United States
- Unknown
Disease
- Respiratory tract infection
- Whooping cough
Collection Year
- -
Completion Year
- -

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