Pandoraea apista is a Gram-negative, catalase-positive, aerobic, non-spore-forming, motile bacterium with a single polar flagellum, of the genus Pandoraea.[3][4][5] The Strain CCUG 38412 was isolated from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient in Denmark.[6] Pandoraea apista can cause lung disease, such as chronic lung infections, in patients who suffer from cystic fibrosis.[7][8][9]

Pandoraea apista
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P. apista
Binomial name
Pandoraea apista
Coenye et al. 2000[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-61, CCM 4976, CCUG 38412, CIP 106627, DSM 16535, LMG 16407, NCTC 13158[2]

Etymology

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Pandoraea apista is named from Pandora's box and the Greek word apistos which means disloyal or treacherous.[10]

References

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  1. ^ List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pandoraea
  2. ^ Straininfo of Pandoraea apista http://www.straininfo.net/strains/47273
  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. ^ Journal of Medical Microbiology http://eprints.nuim.ie/4084/1/KK_Virulence.pdf
  6. ^ International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijsb.sgmjournals.org/content/50/2/887.full.pdf[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Jørgensen, IM; Johansen, HK; Frederiksen, B; Pressler, T; Hansen, A; Vandamme, P; Høiby, N; Koch, C (2003). "Epidemic spread of Pandoraea apista, a new pathogen causing severe lung disease in cystic fibrosis patients". Pediatr. Pulmonol. 36 (5): 439–46. doi:10.1002/ppul.10383. PMID 14520728.
  8. ^ Atkinson, RM; Lipuma, JJ; Rosenbluth, DB; Dunne, WM (2006). "Chronic colonization with Pandoraea apista in cystic fibrosis patients determined by repetitive-element-sequence PCR". J. Clin. Microbiol. 44 (3): 833–6. doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.833-836.2006. PMC 1393148. PMID 16517862.
  9. ^ BioInfBank Libraay http://lib.bioinfo.pl/paper:14520728
  10. ^ Journal of Clinical Microbiology http://jcm.asm.org/content/44/3/833.full
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