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BORDETELLA HOLMESII
| Class: | Beta Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Bordetella |
| Species: | Bordetella holmesii |
| Description: | Bordetella holmesii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bordetella. It was named in recognition of Barry Holmes, a biologist. It is asaccharolytic, oxidase-negative, and nonmotile, producing a brown pigment. It is associated with septicemia, endocarditis, and respiratory illness, especially in immunocompromised patients, such as asplenic or AIDS patients. It is often seen in conjunction with Bordetella pertussis infections (whooping cough), although not always. |
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| Source: | Isolated from the sputum of patients with pertussis symptoms. |
| Pathogenicity: | Known to be responsible for bacteremia in hyposplenic patients, including those affected by sickle cell anemia. |
| Genbank: | NZ_CP007494.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 3.7 |
| GC %: | 62.7 |
| Genes: | 3,643 |
| CDS Number: | 3,574 |
| Reference: | Njamkepo, E.; Bonacorsi, S.; Debruyne, M.; Gibaud, S. A.; Guillot, S.; Guiso, N. (2011). "Significant Finding of Bordetella holmesii DNA in Nasopharyngeal Samples from French Patients with Suspected Pertussis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49 (12): 4347–4348. doi:10.1128/JCM.01272-11. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 3233004. PMID 22012009 |
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