Name: Sedimentibacter hongkongensis Woo et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hongkongensis, of Hong Kong

Pronunciation, gender: hon͡g-kon͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 16083; HKU2; NBRC 110944

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF433166 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Woo PC, Teng JL, Leung KW, Lau SK, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Bacteremia in a patient with colonic carcinoma caused by a novel Sedimentibacter species: Sedimentibacter hongkongensis sp. nov. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2004; 50:81-87.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Sedimentibacter Breitenstein et al. 2002

Assigned by: Woo PC, Teng JL, Leung KW, Lau SK, Wong MK, Yuen KY. Bacteremia in a patient with colonic carcinoma caused by a novel Sedimentibacter species: Sedimentibacter hongkongensis sp. nov. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2004; 50:81-87.

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Record number: 780837