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Definition

Bordet-Gengou medium

(bor-dā'zhon-goo' )

[Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet, Belgian immunologist, 1870–1961; Octave Gengou, Fr. bacteriologist, 1875–1957]

ABBR: BG medium

A culture medium used to isolate Bordetella pertussis from clinical specimens.