The bacterium Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent for which childhood disease?
Bordetella pertussis know which antibody has been detected. The organism is oxidase positive, but urease, nitrate reductase, and citrate negative. It is also not motile. Bordetella pertussis Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, pathogenic, encapsulated coccobacillus of the genus "Bordetella", and the causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough. Unlike "B. bronchiseptica", "B. pertussis" is not motile. Its virulence factors include pertussis toxin, filamentous hæmagglutinin, pertactin, fimbria, and tracheal cytotoxin. The bacterium is spread by airborne droplets; its incubation period is 9–10 days on average (range 6–20 days). Humans are the only known reservoir for "B. pertussis". The complete "B. pertussis" genome
Bordetella trematum to be involved in membrane transport. It has a 64-65% GC content. The total genome size is not currently known. "Bordetella trematum" is a nonpathogenic, opportunistic organism whose sole source of isolation is open, human wounds. It can be ridded from the body without medical intervention. "Bordetella" endotoxins are unique to the genus, species, and strain. "B. trematum" is the only "Bordetella" species with a semirough lipopolysaccharide which contains a single O-unit. The lipid A unit of "B. trematum" is identical to that of the opportunistic bacterium "B. hinzii", but unlike any other "Bordetella" species. Bordetella trematum Bordetella trematum is