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- ↑ List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pandoraea
- ↑ Straininfo of Pandoraea sputorum http://www.straininfo.net/strains/55337
- ↑ Archivos de Bronconeumologia http://www.archbronconeumol.org/en/ipandoraea-sputorum-i-colonization-in-patient/articulo/90069576/ Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Taxonomy Browser http://www.ccug.se/exlink/taxon_browser.cfm?search=Pandoraea%20sputorum
- ↑ Martínez-Lamas, L; Rabade Castedo, C; Martín Romero Domínguez, M; Barbeito Castiñeiras, G; Palacios Bartolomé, A; Pérez Del Molino Bernal ML (Nov 2011). "[Pandoraea sputorum colonization in a patient with cystic fibrosis]". Arch Bronconeumol. 47 (11): 571–4. doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2011.06.015. PMID 21908092.
