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Species Streptococcus hongkongensis
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- Streptococcus acidominimus
- Streptococcus adjacens
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Streptococcus alactolyticus
- "Streptococcus anaerobius"
- "Streptococcus anginosus"
- Streptococcus anginosus
- Streptococcus australis
- "Streptococcus avium"
- "Streptococcus azizii"
- Streptococcus azizii
- "Streptococcus bouchesdurhonensis"
- Streptococcus bovimastitidis
- Streptococcus bovis
- Streptococcus caballi
- Streptococcus caecimuris
- Streptococcus caledonicus
- Streptococcus cameli
- Streptococcus canis
- Streptococcus caprae
- Streptococcus caprinus
- "Streptococcus casseliflavus"
- Streptococcus castoreus
- Streptococcus catagoni
- Streptococcus caviae
- Streptococcus cecorum
- Streptococcus chenjunshii
- Streptococcus chosunense
- Streptococcus chosunensis corrig.
- Streptococcus constellatus
- Streptococcus cremoris
- Streptococcus criceti corrig.
- Streptococcus cricetus
- Streptococcus crista
- Streptococcus cristatus corrig.
- Streptococcus cuniculi
- Streptococcus cuniculipharyngis
- Streptococcus danieliae
- Streptococcus defectivus
- Streptococcus dentalis
- Streptococcus dentapri
- Streptococcus dentasini
- Streptococcus dentiloxodontae
- Streptococcus dentirousetti
- Streptococcus dentisani
- Streptococcus devriesei
- Streptococcus didelphis
- Streptococcus difficile
- Streptococcus difficilis corrig.
- Streptococcus downei
- Streptococcus downii
- Streptococcus durans
- Streptococcus dysgalactiae
- Streptococcus entericus
- "Streptococcus epidermidis"
- Streptococcus equi
- Streptococcus equinus
- Streptococcus faecalis
- "Candidatus Streptococcus faecavium"
- Streptococcus faecium
- Streptococcus fermentans
- Streptococcus ferus
- Streptococcus fryi
- Streptococcus gallinaceus
- Streptococcus gallinarum
- Streptococcus gallolyticus
- Streptococcus garvieae
- Streptococcus gingivalis
- Streptococcus gordonii
- "Candidatus Streptococcus gullae"
- Streptococcus gwangjuense
- Streptococcus gwangjuensis corrig.
- Streptococcus halichoeri
- "Streptococcus halitosis"
- Streptococcus halotolerans
- Streptococcus hansenii
- Streptococcus henryi
- Streptococcus hepaticus
- Streptococcus hillyeri
- Streptococcus himalayensis
- Streptococcus hohhotensis
- Streptococcus hominis
- Streptococcus humanilactis
- Streptococcus hyointestinalis
- Streptococcus hyovaginalis
- Streptococcus ictaluri
- Streptococcus ilei
- Streptococcus immobilis
- Streptococcus iners
- "Streptococcus infantarius"
- Streptococcus infantarius
- Streptococcus infantis
- Streptococcus iniae
- Streptococcus intermedius
- Streptococcus intestinalis
- Streptococcus jiangnanensis
- "Streptococcus koreensis"
- Streptococcus lactarius
- Streptococcus lactis
- Streptococcus lingualis
- Streptococcus loxodontisalivarius
- "Streptococcus luteciae"
- Streptococcus lutetiensis
- Streptococcus macacae
- Streptococcus macedonicus
- Streptococcus marimammalium
- Streptococcus marmotae
- Streptococcus massiliensis
- "Streptococcus melitensis"
- Streptococcus merionis
- "Streptococcus microaerophilica"
- "Streptococcus micros"
- Streptococcus minor
- Streptococcus mitis
- Streptococcus morbillorum
- Streptococcus moroccensis
- "Streptococcus murisepticum"
- Streptococcus mutans
- Streptococcus nakanoensis
- Streptococcus nakanonensis corrig.
- "Streptococcus nidrosiense"
- Streptococcus oligofermentans
- Streptococcus oralis
- Streptococcus oricebi
- Streptococcus oriloxodontae
- Streptococcus orisasini
- Streptococcus oriscaviae
- Streptococcus orisratti
- Streptococcus orisuis
- Streptococcus ovis
- Streptococcus ovuberis
- Streptococcus pacificus
- Streptococcus panodentis
- Streptococcus pantholopis
- Streptococcus parapneumoniae
- Streptococcus parasalivarius
- Streptococcus parasanguinis corrig.
- Streptococcus parasanguis
- Streptococcus parasuis
- Streptococcus parauberis
- "Streptococcus parvulus"
- Streptococcus parvulus
- Streptococcus pasteurianus
- Streptococcus penaeicida
- "Streptococcus periodonticum"
- "Streptococcus pernyi"
- Streptococcus peroris
- Streptococcus pharyngis
- Streptococcus phocae
- Streptococcus plantarum
- Streptococcus pleomorphus
- Streptococcus pluranimalium
- Streptococcus plurextorum
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus porci
- Streptococcus porcinus
- Streptococcus porcorum
- "Streptococcus productus"
- Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae
- Streptococcus pseudoporcinus
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Streptococcus raffinolactis
- Streptococcus raffinosi
- Streptococcus ratti corrig.
- Streptococcus rattus
- Streptococcus respiraculi
- Streptococcus rifensis
- Streptococcus rubneri
- Streptococcus ruminantium
- Streptococcus ruminicola
- Streptococcus rupicaprae
- Streptococcus saccharolyticus
- Streptococcus salivarius
- Streptococcus saliviloxodontae
- Streptococcus sanguinis corrig.
- Streptococcus sanguis
- Streptococcus sciuri
- "Streptococcus shenyangsis"
- Streptococcus shiloi
- Streptococcus sinensis
- Streptococcus sobrinus
- Streptococcus suis
- Streptococcus suivaginalis
- "Streptococcus symci"
- Streptococcus tangierensis
- "Streptococcus taonis"
- "Streptococcus taoyuanensis"
- Streptococcus thalassemiae
- Streptococcus thermophilus
- Streptococcus thoraltensis
- Streptococcus tigurinus
- "Streptococcus timonensis"
- Streptococcus toyakuensis
- Streptococcus troglodytae
- Streptococcus troglodytidis
- Streptococcus uberis
- Streptococcus urinalis
- Streptococcus ursoris
- "Streptococcus vaginalis"
- "Streptococcus varani"
- Streptococcus vestibularis
- Streptococcus vicugnae
- "Streptococcus vulneris"
- Streptococcus waius
- Streptococcus wuxiensis
- "Streptococcus xiaochunlingii"
- Streptococcus zalophi
- "Streptococcus zhangguiae"
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Name: Streptococcus hongkongensis Lau et al. 2013
Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hongkongensis, of or belonging to Hong Kong, the place where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: CECT 8154; DSM 26014; HKU30
See detailed strain information at
16S rRNA gene:
HQ335006
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Lau SK, Curreem SO, Lin CC, Fung AM, Yuen KY, Woo PC. Streptococcus hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with an infected puncture wound and from a marine flatfish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2570-2576. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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 1 time 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.
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🧍 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.
- 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.
Parent taxon: Streptococcus Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lau SK, Curreem SO, Lin CC, Fung AM, Yuen KY, Woo PC. Streptococcus hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with an infected puncture wound and from a marine flatfish. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2570-2576.
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Record number: 790926
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