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BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS
| Class: | Beta Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Bordetella |
| Species: | Bordetella parapertussis |
| Description: | Bordetella parapertussis is a small Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Bordetella that is adapted to colonise the mammalian respiratory tract.Pertussis caused by B. parapertussis manifests with similar symptoms to B. pertussis-derived disease, but in general tends to be less severe. Immunity derived from B. pertussis does not protect against infection by B. parapertussis, however, because the O-antigen is found only on B. parapertussis. This antigen protects B. parapertussis against antibodies specific to B. pertussis, so the bacteria are free to colonize the host's lungs without being subject to attack by previous antibodies. |
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| Source: | Isolated from both normal and pneumonic ovine lungs using a selective charcoal agar. |
| Pathogenicity: | Symptoms to B. pertussis-derived disease, but in general tends to be less severe |
| Genbank: | NC_018828.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 4.89 |
| GC %: | 67.8 |
| Genes: | 4,559 |
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| Reference: | Porter J, Connor K, Donachie W (1994). "Isolation and characterization of Bordetella parapertussis-like bacteria from ovine lungs". Microbiology. 140 (2): 255–61. doi:10.1099/13500872-140-2-255. PMID 8180690 |
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