Bacterium
bordetella avium
Subclass of:
genus Bordetella
Definitions related to bordetella avium:
  • A species of BORDETELLA isolated from the respiratory tracts of TURKEYS and other BIRDS. It causes a highly contagious bordetellosis.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of strictly aerobic, Gram-negative, capsulated rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile using 5 to 8 peritrichous flagella, oxidase, urease, and indole negative, does not reduce nitrate, and does not hydrolyze esculin or gelatin. B. avium is found in avian species where it causes bordetellosis, but is nonpathogenic in humans.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bordetella avium.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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