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Proteomic comparison of epidemic Australian Bordetella pertussis biofilm cells.
Microbiology spectrum - 4 Nov 2025
Suyama Hiroki, Luu Laurence Don Wai, Zhong Ling, Raftery Mark J, Lan Ruiting
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, a severe respiratory infectious disease. Studies have compared the currently dominant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) cluster I (pertussis toxin promoter allele, ptxP3) and previously dominant SNP cluster II (ptxP1) strains as planktonic cells. Since biofilm formation is linked with B. pertussis pathogenesis in vivo, this study compared the biofilm formation...
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- Bordetella pertussis
- Biofilms
- Whooping Cough
- Bacterial Proteins
- Proteomics
- Australia
- Humans
