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]

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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