Pandoraea

Pandoraea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	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^{[permanent dead link]}
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.