different between pathogenic vs bordetella

English

patho- +? -genic

pathogenic (comparative more pathogenic, superlative most pathogenic)

(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
(music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.

Wikispecies

From the genus name.

bordetella (plural bordetellas or bordetellae)

(bacteriology) Any of several gram-negative coccobacilli, of the genus Bordetella, many of which are pathogenic; especially Bordatella pertussis which causes whooping cough and kennel cough.

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