Species Bordetella pertussis

Name: Bordetella pertussis (Bergey et al. 1923) Moreno-López 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Hemophilus pertussis" Bergey et al. 1923

Etymology: per.tus’sis. L. prep. per, very, exceedingly, extremely; L. fem. n. tussis (gen. tussis), cough; N.L. gen. fem. n. pertussis, of a severe cough, of whooping cough

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bor-de-TEL-la per-TUS-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 9797; CCUG 30873; CIP 63.1; DSM 5571; LMG 14455; NCTC 10739

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U04950 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moreno-López 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Hemophilus pertussis" Bergey et al. 1923	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bordetella Moreno-López 1952 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Moreno-López M. El genero Bordetella. Microbiologia Española 1952; 5:177-181.
  • 😷 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 = "strain 10536: 2 Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No; strain 1092-17: 2 Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No; default: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "T, V". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "T, V". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "V". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Vaccine available". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6469 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

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

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