The lipopolysaccharide of Bordetella bronchiseptica acts as a protective shield against antimicrobial peptides.

Resistance profiles of the two Bordetella species B. bronchiseptica and B. pertussis against various antimicrobial peptides were determined in liquid survival and agar diffusion assays.

Phase variation affects long-term survival of Bordetella bronchiseptica in professional phagocytes.

Several Bordetella bronchiseptica isolates were investigated for intracellular survival in macrophages. A significant number of viable bacteria of all strains could be recovered even after 96 h postinfection. In all cases bvg mutants of the B.

Cloning and characterization of an Mn-containing superoxide dismutase (SodA) of Bordetella pertussis.

The Fur titration assay (FURTA) recently developed by I. Stojiljkovic and coworkers (J. Mol.