Table 1:
Bordetella
species and presence of insertion sequences.
Presence/No. of Copies per Genome
Species
IS
481
IS
1001
IS
1002
B. pertussis
+/>50
-
+/4-10
B. parapertussis
-
+/~20
+/9
B. holmesii
+/8-10
-
-
B. bronchiseptica
-
a
-
a
/1-7
-
a
Isolates of
B. bronchiseptica
can sometimes contain few copies of IS
481
and/or IS
1001
.