Bordetella bronchiseptica

Bordetella bronchiseptica
Scanning electron micrograph of B. bronchiseptica
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Bordetella
Species:
B. bronchiseptica
Binomial name
Bordetella bronchiseptica
(Ferry 1912) Moreno-López 1952

Bordetella bronchiseptica is a small, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bordetella. It can cause infectious bronchitis in dogs and other animals, but rarely infects humans. Closely related to B. pertussisthe obligate human pathogen that causes pertussis (whooping cough); B. bronchiseptica can persist in the environment for extended periods.

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