Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar


Bor·det-Gen·gou po·ta·to blood a·gar

(bōr-dā' zahn-gū'), glycerin potato agar with 25% of blood, used for the isolation of Bordetella pertussis.

Bordet,

Jules, Belgian bacteriologist and Nobel laureate, 1870-1961. Bordet amboceptorBordetella - a genus of strictly aerobic bacteria that are pathogens of the mammalian respiratory tract.Bordet-Gengou bacillus - a species that causes whooping cough. Synonym(s): Bordetella pertussisBordet-Gengou phenomenon - the phenomenon of complement fixation.Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar - glycerin-potato agar with 25% of blood, used for the isolation of Bordetella pertussis.Bordet-Gengou reaction - Synonym(s): complement fixation

Gengou,

Octave, French bacteriologist, 1875-1957. Bordet-Gengou bacillus - see under BordetBordet-Gengou phenomenon - see under BordetBordet-Gengou potato blood agar - see under BordetBordet-Gengou reaction - Synonym(s): complement fixationGengou phenomenon - noncellular antigens.