Species Pandoraea apista

Name: Pandoraea apista Coenye et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.pis’ta. N.L. fem. adj. apista, disloyal, unfaithful, treacherous, referring to the adverse effects of infection for patients

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pan-do-RA͡E-a a-PIS-ta, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-61; CCUG 38412; CIP 106627; DSM 16535; LMG 16407

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF139173 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pandoraea Coenye et al. 2000. 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. 🇧🇪
  • 📧 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 2026-08-13. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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