Pandoraea

Pandoraea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Pandoraea; Coenye et al. 2000
Type species
	Pandoraea apista;
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, from the family Burkholderiaceae and class Betaproteobacteria.²³

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.⁴

References

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

[LPSN-1] List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pandoraea

[2] International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijsb.sgmjournals.org/content/50/2/887.full.pdf

[3] ttp://eol.org/pages/98285/overview

[4] "Managing Multidrug-Resistant Pandoraea spp.: current evidence and knowledge gaps" (PDF). Infezioni in Medicina. 2025-09-01. doi:10.53854/liim-3303-2.

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