Look up: Bordetella

1. Bordetella
   Type: Term Pronunciation: bōr-dĕ-tel′ă Definitions: 1. A genus of strictly aerobic bacteria (family Brucellaceae) containing minute, gram-negative non-spore-bearing, coccobacilli. Motile and nonmotile species occur; motile cells are peritrichous. The metabolism of these organism...
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2. bordetella
   A genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria whose cells are minute coccobacilli. It consists of both parasitic and pathogenic species. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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3. Bordetella
   (bor″dә-tel´ә) a genus of gram-negative aerobic cocci. B. pertus´sis is the etiologic agent of pertussis. B. bronchisep´tica and B. parapertus´sis are also found occasionally in pertussis.
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4. Bordetella
   `Bordetella` is a genus of small (0.2 - 0.7 Âµm), 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. Three species are human pathogen...
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