Species Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis

Name: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis Teng et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: con.junc.ti.vi’ti.dis. N.L. gen. fem. n. conjunctivitidis, of conjunctivitis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tsu-ka-mu-REL-la kon-junk-ti-WI-ti-dis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 109108; HKU72; JCM 33389

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK583684 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 (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 2 times 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. 🇬🇧

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: 5831