Pandoraea

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Pandoraea
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Pandoraea

Coenye et al. 2000 [1]
Type species
Pandoraea apista [2]
Species

Pandoraea apista
Pandoraea faecigallinarum
Pandoraea norimbergensis
Pandoraea oxalativorans
Pandoraea pnomenusa
Pandoraea pulmonicola
Pandoraea sputorum
Pandoraea thiooxydans
Pandoraea vervacti

Pandoraea is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, motile bacteria with a single polar flagellum, of the family Burkholderiaceae and class Betaproteobacteria. [3] [4]

Pandoraea spp. are increasingly reported as opportunistic pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis, immunocompromised hosts, and critically ill individuals. These bacteria display intrinsic multidrug resistance, with frequent resistance to β-lactams, aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones and polymyxins. Imipenem and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole are the agents that most often retain activity, although clinical data remain limited and standardized susceptibility breakpoints are lacking. [5]

References

  1. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pandoraea
  2. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pandoraea
  3. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijsb.sgmjournals.org/content/50/2/887.full.pdf%5B%5D
  4. eol http://eol.org/pages/98285/overview
  5. "Managing Multidrug-Resistant Pandoraea spp.: current evidence and knowledge gaps" (PDF). Infezioni in Medicina. 2025-09-01. doi:10.53854/liim-3303-2.