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Species Streptococcus hongkongensis

Name: Streptococcus hongkongensis Lau et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-KOK-kus hon͡g-kon͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8154; DSM 26014; HKU30

16S rRNA gene: HQ335006 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 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