Name: Leptotrichia hongkongensis Woo et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 59534; DSM 23441; HKU24

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU919515 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Woo PC, Wong SS, Teng JL, Leung KW, Ngan AH, Zhao DQ, Tse H, Lau SK, Yuen KY. Leptotrichia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel Leptotrichia species with the oral cavity as its natural reservoir. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2010; 11:391-401.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The accession numbers CCUG 59534 and DSM 23441 have been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

Parent taxon: Leptotrichia Trevisan 1879 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Woo PC, Wong SS, Teng JL, Leung KW, Ngan AH, Zhao DQ, Tse H, Lau SK, Yuen KY. Leptotrichia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel Leptotrichia species with the oral cavity as its natural reservoir. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2010; 11:391-401.

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Record number: 789119