Bordetella

Bordetella are gram-negative cocobacilli, in humans they colonize mainly the ciliated epithelium of the upper respiratory tract. Human pathogens include B. pertussis a B. parapertussis, původci pertusse, resp. parapertusse. Dalšími druhy jsou B. bronchoseptica, B. avium, B. hinzii, B. holmesii a B. trematum.