Category
page 1Whooping cough
pertussis
human disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis
pertussis vaccine
vaccine protecting against whooping cough
Bordetella pertussis
species of bacterium
DPT vaccine
vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus

Bordetella
Bordetella () is a genus of small (0.2 – 0.7 μm), Gram-negative, coccobacilli bacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota. Bordetella species, with the exception of B. petrii, are obligate aerobes, as well as highly fastidious, or difficult to culture. All species can infect humans. The first three species to be described (B. pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. bronchiseptica) are sometimes referred to as the 'classical species'. Two of these (B. pertussis and B. bronchiseptica) are also motile.
Bordetella parapertussis
species of bacterium
Pertussis toxin
group of toxins
hexavalent vaccine
single vaccine protecting against six individual diseases
Bordet-Gengou agar
bacteriologic medium
DTwP-HepB-Hib vaccine
combination vaccine
pertactin autotransporter
In molecular biology, pertactin (PRN) is a highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes pertussis. Specifically, it is an outer membrane protein that promotes adhesion to tracheal epithelial cells. PRN is purified from Bordetella pertussis and is used for the vaccine production as one of the important components of acellular pertussis vaccine.