Name: Tsukamurella inchonensis Yassin et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.cho.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. inchonensis, of or belonging to Inchon, the city in South Korea where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-k^ho-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700082; CIP 104790; DSM 44067; IMMIB D-771; JCM 10110; KCTC 9866; NCTC 13228

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF283281 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Brzezinka H, Burghardt J, Lee HJ, Schaal KP. Tsukamurella inchonensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:522-527. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 21 times 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 risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Brzezinka H, Burghardt J, Lee HJ, Schaal KP. Tsukamurella inchonensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:522-527. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 782888