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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Alcaligenaceae |
| Genus: | Bordetella |
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B. holmesii
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| Binomial name | |
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Bordetella holmesii Weyant et al., 1994
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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 sepsis, 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.
Further reading
- Tartof, Sara; Gounder, Prabhu; Weiss, Don; Lee, Lillian; Cassiday, Pamela; Clark, Thomas; Briere, Elizabeth; Bordetella holmesii Working Grp (2013). "Bordetella holmesii Bacteremia Cases in the United States, April 2010-January 2011". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 58 (2): e39–e43. doi:10.1093/cid/cit669. PMC 4606926. PMID 24092805.
External links
- Microbe wiki
- UniProt entry
- Type strain of Bordetella holmesii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase