Name: Anaerospora hongkongensis Woo et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. hongkongensis, of Hong Kong, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15969; HKU15; LMG 22014; NBRC 110945

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY372052 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Woo PC, Teng JL, Leung KW, Lau SK, Woo GK, Wong AC, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Anaerospora hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel genus and species with ribosomal DNA operon heterogeneity isolated from an intravenous drug abuser with pseudobacteremia. Microbiol Immunol 2005; 49:31-39.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerospora Woo et al. 2016. Publication: Woo PC, Teng JL, Leung KW, Lau SK, Woo GK, Wong AC, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Anaerospora hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel genus and species with ribosomal DNA operon heterogeneity isolated from an intravenous drug abuser with pseudobacteremia. Microbiol Immunol 2005; 49:31-39.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the Acidaminococcaceae and may be reclassified as Sporomusaceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Anaerospora Woo et al. 2016

Assigned by: Woo PC, Teng JL, Leung KW, Lau SK, Woo GK, Wong AC, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Anaerospora hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel genus and species with ribosomal DNA operon heterogeneity isolated from an intravenous drug abuser with pseudobacteremia. Microbiol Immunol 2005; 49:31-39.

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