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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Alcaligenaceae > Bordetella > Bordetella pertussis
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Betaproteobacteria > Burkholderiales > Alcaligenaceae > Bordetella > Bordetella pertussis

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Bordetella pertussis  

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Entry terms

  • Bacterium tussis-convulsivae
  • Haemophilus pertussis
  • Hemophilus pertussis

Note

  • infection = WHOOPING COUGH

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of WHOOPING COUGH. Its cells are minute coccobacilli that are surrounded by a slime sheath.

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