For those of us living in California, one of life's great tragedies is that the Pacific ocean is both so close to us, and so poor for actual swimming.
perllib A list of directories in which to look for Perl library files before looking in the standard library and the current directory. If PERL5LIB is defined, PERLLIB is not used.
SYNONYM OR CROSS REFERENCE: Originally named Haemophilus pertussis F, Whooping cough. CHARACTERISTICS: Bordetella pertussis are small, gram-negative, encapsulated, non-motile, coccobacilli with outer pili.They are generally about 0.5-1.0 Âµm in size. Some have reported that the bacteria are covered with surface slime or biofilm composed of carbohydrates.ATHOGENICITY/TOXICITY: B. pertussis is a respiratory pathogen that causes pertussis, also known as whooping cough, a localized infection of the ciliated epithelium of the bronchial tree. The disease affects mainly children, but adults have also been increasingly reported to be affected.