Name: Pandoraea pnomenusa Coenye et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pno.me.nu’sa. Gr. fem. n. pnoê, breath, breathing; Gr. ind. v. menô, to reside, stay, live; N.L. fem. adj. menusa; N.L. fem. adj. pnomenusa, referring to the lung as the niche of these bacteria

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-63; CCUG 38742; CIP 106626; DSM 16536; LMG 18087

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF139174 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coenye T, Falsen E, Hoste B, Ohlen M, Goris J, Govan JR, Gillis M, Vandamme P. Description of Pandoraea gen. nov. with Pandoraea apista sp. nov., Pandoraea pulmonicola sp. nov., Pandoraea pnomenusa sp. nov., Pandoraea sputorum sp. nov. and Pandoraea norimbergensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:887-899.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 49 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Pandoraea Coenye et al. 2000

Assigned by: Coenye T, Falsen E, Hoste B, Ohlen M, Goris J, Govan JR, Gillis M, Vandamme P. Description of Pandoraea gen. nov. with Pandoraea apista sp. nov., Pandoraea pulmonicola sp. nov., Pandoraea pnomenusa sp. nov., Pandoraea sputorum sp. nov. and Pandoraea norimbergensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:887-899.

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