Bordetella

See also: bordetella

Translingual

Bordetella pertussis

Etymology

Named after Belgian immunologist and microbiologist Jules Bordet (1870–1961) +‎ -ella (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Bordetella f

1. Bacteria that cause diseases of the respiratory tract characterized by coughing, such as kennel cough and whooping cough:
   1. A taxonomic genus within the family Burkholderiaceae.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Alcaligenaceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Burkholderiaceae): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Burkholderiales – order; Burkholderiaceae – family
• (genus in Alcaligenaceae): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Burkholderiales – order; Alcaligenaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bordetella pertussis - type species; Bordetella aloeverae, Bordetella ansorpii, Bordetella avium, Bordetella bronchialis, Bordetella flabilis, Bordetella hinzii, Bordetella holmesii, Bordetella petrii, Bordetella pseudohinzii, Bordetella trematum - selected other species

References

• Bordetella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bordetella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bordetella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bordetella at World Register of Marine Species
• Bordetella at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Bordetella at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Bordetella in the Genome Taxonomy Database