Name: Tsukamurella hongkongensis Teng et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

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

Type strain: DSM 100208; HKU52; JCM 30715

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KP888572 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Teng JL, Tang Y, Wong SS, Ngan AH, Huang Y, Tsang CC, Choi GK, Lau SK, Woo PC. Tsukamurella hongkongensis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sinensis sp. nov., isolated from patients with keratitis, catheter-related bacteraemia and conjunctivitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:391-397.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

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 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.
  • 🧍 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 JL, Tang Y, Wong SS, Ngan AH, Huang Y, Tsang CC, Choi GK, Lau SK, Woo PC. Tsukamurella hongkongensis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sinensis sp. nov., isolated from patients with keratitis, catheter-related bacteraemia and conjunctivitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:391-397.

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Record number: 793718