Bor·de·tel·la
n : a genus of bacteria comprising minute and very short gram-negative strictly aerobic coccuslike bacilli and including the causative agent (B. pertussis) of whooping cough J.-J.-B.-V. Bordet see BORDET-GENGOU.
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