Bordetella avium

Bordetella avium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Bordetella
Species: B. avium
Binomial name
Bordetella avium
Kersters et al. 1984[1]
Type strain
197N, ATCC BAA-1003[2]

Bordetella avium is a Gram-negative, nonfermentative, strictly aerobic, motile bacterium from the genus Bordetella which has been isolated from patients with respiratory disease (cystic fibrosis).[3][4][5] B. avium is mainly responsible for the animal disease bordetellosis in wild and domesticated birds.[6] B. avium was first described as Alcaligenes faecalis.[7]

References

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.