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bordetella pertussis (medicine)


Bordetella pertussis
<bacteria> A small, aerobic, gram-negative bacillus, causative organism of whooping cough.

Produces a variety of toxins including a dermonecrotising toxin, an adenyl cyclase, an endotoxin and pertussis toxin, as well as surface components such as fimbrial haemagglutinin.