Name: Bordetella parapertussis (Eldering and Kendrick 1938) Moreno-López 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus parapertussis" Eldering and Kendrick 1938

Etymology: Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. gen. fem. n. pertussis, the specific epithet of Bordetella pertussis; N.L. gen. fem. n. parapertussis, resembling Bordetella pertussis

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15311; CCUG 413; CIP 64.11; DSM 13415; LMG 14449; NCTC 5952

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U04949 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moreno-Lopez M. El genero Bordetella. Microbiologia Española 1952; 5:177-181.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus parapertussis" Eldering and Kendrick 1938	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26428 (N = 22).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 377 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Bordetella Moreno-López 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moreno-Lopez M. El genero Bordetella. Microbiologia Española 1952; 5:177-181.

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Record number: 774103