Bordetella petrii

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of Gram-negative, coccobacillus-shaped, non-spore-forming, non-motile, facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the family Alcaligenaceae that is able to reduce selenate to elemental selenium. B. petrii is unable to utilize carbohydrates as a carbon source.

**Synonyms:** - BORDETELLA PETRII