Name: Tsukamurella asaccharolytica Teng et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.ca. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. asaccharolytica, not dissolving sugars

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 109107; HKU71; JCM 33388

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16S rRNA gene: MK583683 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Teng JLL, Fong JYH, Fok KMN, Lee HH, Chiu TH, Tang Y, Ngan AHY, Wong SSY, Que TL, Lau SKP, et al. Tsukamurella asaccharolytica sp. nov., Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sputi sp. nov., isolated from patients with bacteraemia, conjunctivitis and respiratory infection in Hong Kong. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:995-1006.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Teng JLL, Fong JYH, Fok KMN, Lee HH, Chiu TH, Tang Y, Ngan AHY, Wong SSY, Que TL, Lau SKP, et al. Tsukamurella asaccharolytica sp. nov., Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sputi sp. nov., isolated from patients with bacteraemia, conjunctivitis and respiratory infection in Hong Kong. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:995-1006.

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Record number: 5830