| Bordet, Jules | <person> Belgian bacteriologist and Nobel laureate, 1870-1961. See: Bordetella, Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar, Bordet-Gengou bacillus, Bordet-Gengou phenomenon, Bordet and Gengou reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bordet and Gengou reaction | <immunology> Binding of complement as a result of its interaction with immune complexes (the classical pathway) or particular surfaces (alternative pathway). (18 Nov 1997) |
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| Bordet-Gengou bacillus | <bacteria> A small, aerobic, gram-negative bacillus, causative organism of whooping cough. Produces a variety of toxins including a dermonecrotising toxin, an adenyl cyclase, an endotoxin and pertussis toxin, as well as surface components such as fimbrial haemagglutinin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Bordet-Gengou phenomenon | The phenomenon of complement fixation; when alexin (complement)-containing serum is added to a mixture of bacteria and specific antibody, the alexin is removed (fixed) and is not available to lyse subsequently added erythrocytes sensitised with specific antibody. See: Gengou phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar | Glycerine-potato agar with 25% of blood, used for the isolation of Bordetella pertussis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Assezat, Jules | <person> French anthropologist, 1832-1876. See: Assezat's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baillarger, Jules | <person> French neurologist, 1809-1890. See: Baillarger's bands, Baillarger's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marey, Etienne Jules | <person> French physiologist, 1830-1904. See: Marey's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cloquet, Jules | <person> French anatomist, 1790-1883. See: Cloquet's canal, Cloquet's hernia, Cloquet's septum, node of Cloquet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sottas, Jules | <person> French neurologist, 1866-1943. See: Dejerine-Sottas disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duboscq, Jules | <person> French optician, 1817-1886. See: Duboscq's colourimeter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tinel, Jules | <person> French neurologist, 1879-1952. See: Tinel's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tissot, Jules | <person> Early 20th century French physiologist. See: Tissot spirometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Freund, Jules | <person> U.S. Bacteriologist, 1891-1960. See: Freund's complete adjuvant, Freund's incomplete adjuvant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Luys, Jules | <person> French physician, 1828-1897. See: Luys' body, centre median de Luys, corpus luysi, nucleus of Luys. (05 Mar 2000) |