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Phylogenetic Relationships and Virulence Evolution in the Genus Bordetella

2002; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-642-56031-6_10

2196-9965

Friedrich von Wintzingerode, Gabriele Gerlach, B. Schneider, Roy Gross,

Protist diversity and phylogeny

Within the beta-subclass of Proteobacteria, members of the genera Bordetella, Achromobacter and Alcaligenes form a group of closely related organisms (Fig. 1). To date, seven Bordetella species are described, all of which are gram-negative, strictly aerobic coccobacilli with a nonfermentative, asaccharolytic metabolism. They occur exclusively in close association with man or warm-blooded animals.