Pandoraea apista
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Burkholderiales, Family Burkholderiaceae, Genus
Pandoraea,
Pandoraea  apista Coenye et al. 2000, type species of the genus.
Gram-negative rods, 0.5-0.7 / 1.5-4.0 μm, arranged individually or in irregular clusters.
Motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Non-spore-forming.
Growth is observed at 30, 37 and 42 ºC. Can grow on Drigalsky agar and in 0.5, 1.5 or
3.0% NaCl (most strains). No growth in 4.5 or 6.0% NaCl and 10% lactose. No growth
in O/F medium with glucose or on acetamide. No fluorescence on King’s B medium.
Grows on cetrimide agar.
Isolated from from sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient in Denmark.
Undetermined.
  1. Coenye T., Falsen E., Hoste B., Ohlén M., Goris J., Govan J.R.W., Gillis M. And 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.
  2. Jeong, S. E., Lee, H. J., Jia, B. and Jeon, C. O. 2016. Pandoraea terrae sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended
    description of the genus Pandoraea Coenye et al. 2000. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3524-3530.
  3. Anandham R., Indiragandhi P., Kwon S.W., Sa T.M., Jeon C.O., Kim Y.K. and Jee H.J.: Pandoraea thiooxydans sp. nov., a
    facultatively chemolithotrophic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from rhizosphere soils of sesame Sesamum indicum L.
    Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 21-26.
Positive results for amylase, arginine dihydrolase, acid and alkaline phosphatase,
catalase, C8-ester lipase, leucine arylamidase, phosphoamidase and urease.
Can assimilate acetate, L-alanine, citrate, DL-lactate, caprate, D-gluconate, L-malate, phenylacetate, propionate, L-serine and
valerate.
Can oxidize (Biolog GN2): N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, acetic acid, adonitol, 2-aminoethanol, D-arabitol,
2,3-butanediol, D,L-carnitine, D- and L-fructose, D-galactonic acid, lactone, D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose,
glucose-1-phosphate, glucuronamide, D-glucuronic acid, inosine, alpha-D-lactose, lactulose, D-melibiose, beta-methyl-D-glucoside,
myo-inositol, phenyethylamine, D-psicose, putrescine, quinic acid, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-saccharic acid, D-sorbitol, sucrose,
thymidine, uridine, xylitol, sebacic acid (weak), cis-aconitic acid, dextrin, glycogen, alpha-cyclodextrin (weak), p-hydroxy phenylacetic
acid (weak), Tween 40 and 80 (weak), formic acid, alpha-ketovaleric acid, L-histidine and hydroxy-L-proline.

Negative results for DNase, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-fucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase,
beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, indole production, H
2S production, C14-lipase,
lysine decarboxylase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate or nitrite reduction, denitrification,  ornithine decarboxylase, tryptophanase, Tween
80 hydrolysis,  trypsin, chymotrypsin, valine arylamidase, acid production from glucose (TSI).
No assimilation of L-arginine, adonitol, L-arabinose, fructose, DL-norleucine, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, inositol, itaconic acid,
D-malonate, mannose, D-mannitol, N-acetylglucosamine, maltose, sucrose, sorbitol, trehalose and xylose.
No oxidation (Biolog GN2) of: L-alaninamide, D- and L-alanine, L-alanylglycine, L-asparagine, L-glutamic acid, glycyl-L-aspartic acid,
glycyl-L-glutamic acid, alpha-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, D,L-lactic acid, L-leucine,
L-ornithine, L-phenylalanine, pyruvic acid methyl ester, mono-methyl-L-succinate, L-proline, propionic acid, L-pyroglutamic acid,
L-serine, succinamic acid, L-threonine, urocanic acid, alpha-ketobutyric acid, i-erythritol, D-trehalose, itaconic acid, D-cellobiose,
gamma-aminobutyric acid, citric acid, glycerol, glucose-6-phosphate, malonic acid, turanose, alpha-D-glucose, D-gluconic acid,
D-glucosaminic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, succinic acid, bromo succinic acid, L-aspartic acid and D-serine.

Variable results for oxidase and assimilation of adipate.
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