The Genus Bordetella

Bordetella holmesii isolated from a patient with sickle cell anemia: analysis and comparison with other Bordetella holmesii isolates

“…Most of these species are responsible for respiratory infections. B. pertussis, a strictly human pathogen, and B. parapertussis, a pathogen in both humans and sheep, are agents of whooping cough[1], B. bronchiseptica is a respiratory pathogen in many animal species, including dogs, pigs, rabbits and cats, but may also cause pneumonia and bacteremia in humans[2–3], B. avium causes respiratory infections in poultry but has rarely been reported to cause infections in humans[4], and B. hinzii is a respiratory disease agent in poultry; only three cases of human infections with this bacterium have been described[5–7]. The other two species, B. holmesii and B. trematum , are not primarily associated with respiratory infections.…”

Cloning, nucleotide sequence and heterologous expression of the protective outer-membrane protein P.68 pertactin from Bordetella bronchiseptica

“…Bordetella bronchiseptica (Pittman, 1984) is a bacterial pathogen associated with respiratory diseases in animals, particularly atrophic rhinitis in pigs (Harris & Switzer, 1968;Goodnow, 1980). The disease state is recognised by severe changes in the nasal architecture of developing piglets, pneumonia and growth, retardation (Harris & Switzer, 1968).…”

Isolation and characterization of a new bacterium capable of biotransformingcis-epoxysuccinic acid to d(−)-tartaric acid

“…Traditionally, characteristics such as being strictly aerobic, parasitic and pathogenic were the important properties of the genus Bordetella , which was exclusively associated with humans and warm‐blooded animals (Pittman, 1984; Ley et al , 1986). In 2001, a first environmental strain of genus Bordetella was isolated from an anaerobic dechlorinating bioreactor and it was named B. petrii (Wintzingerode et al , 2001).…”