Pandoraea
| Pandoraea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Burkholderiaceae |
| Genus: | Pandoraea Coenye et al. 2000[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pandoraea apista[1] | |
| Species | |
Pandoraea is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, motile bacteria with a single polar flagellum, from the family Burkholderiaceae and class Betaproteobacteria.[2][3]
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
- 1 2 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%5B%5D
- ↑ 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.