WHO Priority Pathogens List

The World Health Organization (WHO) priority list contains a catalogue of 15 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health and was intended to guide and promote research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics. Therefore, it is useful for all scientists working on the discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics.

list of bacteria from the WHO Priority Pathogens List
source: WHO Bacterial Priority Pathogens List, 2024 (www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240093461)

The panel of strains for all three groups is continuously being expanded.

DSMZ offers representative strains for all groups:

GenusSpecies epithetDSM No.
Acinetobacterbaumannii102929
Acinetobacterbaumannii102930
Enterococcusfaecium13590
Enterococcusfaecium17050
Enterococcusfaecium25697
Enterococcusfaecium25698
Haemophilusinfluenzae25829
Haemophilusinfluenzae116965
Haemophilusinfluenzae116967
Haemophilusinfluenzae116968
Klebsiellapneumoniae103703
Klebsiellapneumoniae103704
Klebsiellapneumoniae103707
Klebsiellapneumoniae103708
Klebsiellapneumoniae103709
Klebsiellapneumoniae103711
Pseudomonasaeruginosa24600
Pseudomonasaeruginosa25716
Pseudomonasaeruginosa102273
Pseudomonasaeruginosa102274
Staphylococcusaureus18827
Staphylococcusaureus28766
Staphylococcusaureus102262
Staphylococcusaureus110566
Staphylococcusaureus111210
Streptococcuspneumoniae25971
Streptococcuspneumoniae117280
Streptococcuspneumoniae117378
Streptococcuspyogenes120744