Pandoraea pulmonicola

Pandoraea pulmonicola is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, motile bacterium with a single polar flagellum, of the genus Pandoraea.[3][4] P. pulmonicola is a virulent species and can be dangerous for patients who suffer from cystic fibrosis.[5]

Pandoraea pulmonicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Burkholderiaceae
Genus:
Pandoraea
Species:
P. pulmonicola
Binomial name
Pandoraea pulmonicola
Coenye et al. 2000[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-62, CCM 4979, CCUG 38759, CIP 106625, DSM 16583, FC330, HI 2094, LMG 18106, NCTC 13159[2]

References
  1. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/p/pandoraea.html
  2. Straininfo of Pandoraea pulmonicola http://www.straininfo.net/strains/42237
  3. Taxonomy Browser http://www.ccug.se/exlink/taxon_browser.cfm?search=Pandoraea%20pulmonicola
  4. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijsb.sgmjournals.org/content/50/2/887.full.pdf
  5. Costello, A; Herbert, G; Fabunmi, L; Schaffer, K; Kavanagh, KA; Caraher, EM; Callaghan, M; McClean, S (2011). "Virulence of an emerging respiratory pathogen, genus Pandoraea, in vivo and its interactions with lung epithelial cells". J. Med. Microbiol. 60 (3): 289–99. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.022657-0. PMID 21127160.


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