Le Coustumier A, Njamkepo E, Cattoir V, Guillot S, Guiso N

Bordetella petrii infection with long-lasting persistence in human.

Emerg Infect Dis 17:612-8 (2011)
DOI:10.3201/eid1704.101480

Stark D, Riley LA, Harkness J, Marriott D

Bordetella petrii from a clinical sample in Australia: isolation and molecular identification.

J Med Microbiol 56:435-7 (2007)
DOI:10.1099/jmm.0.46976-0

Gross R, Guzman CA, Sebaihia M, dos Santos VA, Pieper DH, Koebnik R, Lechner M, Bartels D, Buhrmester J, Choudhuri JV, Ebensen T, Gaigalat L, Herrmann S, Khachane AN, Larisch C, Link S, Linke B, Meyer F, Mormann S, Nakunst D, Ruckert C, Schneiker-Bekel S, Schulze K, Vorholter FJ, Yevsa T, Engle JT, Goldman WE, Puhler A, Gobel UB, Goesmann A, Blocker H, Kaiser O, Martinez-Arias R

The missing link: Bordetella petrii is endowed with both the metabolic versatility of environmental bacteria and virulence traits of pathogenic Bordetellae.

BMC Genomics 9:449 (2008)
DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-9-449

Mattoo S, Cherry JD

Molecular pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical manifestations of respiratory infections due to Bordetella pertussis and other Bordetella subspecies.

Clin Microbiol Rev 18:326-82 (2005)
DOI:10.1128/CMR.18.2.326-382.2005