Bordetella Definition

bôrdə-tĕlə
noun
Any of various small, gram-negative coccobacilli of the genus Bordetella, some of which are pathogenic in the human respiratory tract. It includes B. pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough.
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Noun

Singular:
bordetella
Plural:
bordetellas

Origin of Bordetella

  • New Latin Bordetella genus name after Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet (1870–1961), Belgian bacteriologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bordetella Sentence Examples

  • They used genetic information from the Human Genome Sequencing Project to find around 14 genes in Bordetella pertussis which causes whooping cough.

  • Bacterial causes typically indicate infections by chlamydia and bordetella, and even mycoplasmas, the latter of which is a bacteria that actually lacks a cell wall.

  • Kennel cough is an airborne bacterial infection usually caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica.

  • There is a vaccination for this bacteria, but it does not cover every strain of Bordetella.

  • Make sure your working dog is vaccinated against Bordetella.

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