Article
Resemblance and divergence: the "new" members of the genus Bordetella.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Aug 2010
Gross Roy, Keidel Kristina, Schmitt Karin
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella pertussis, the etiological agent of whooping cough, belongs to the bacterial pathogens first described in the so-called golden era of microbiology more than 100 years ago. In the course of the following decades, several other closely related pathogens were described which are nowadays classified in the genus Bordetella together with B. pertussis. These are the human and animal pathogens B....
Topics
- Animals
- Bordetella
- Bordetella Infections
- Environmental Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
