Name: Tsukamurella ocularis Teng et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.cu.la’ris. L. fem. adj. ocularis, of ocular, pertaining to the original isolation from human ocular swab

Pronunciation, gender: o-ku-LA-ris, feminine

Type strain: DSM 105034; HKU63; JCM 31969

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KY787187 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Teng JLL, Tang Y, Wong SSY, Chiu TH, Zhao Z, Chan E, Ngan AHY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Tsukamurella ocularis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella hominis sp. nov., isolated from patients with conjunctivitis in Hong Kong. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:810-818.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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 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, Tang Y, Wong SSY, Chiu TH, Zhao Z, Chan E, Ngan AHY, Lau SKP, Woo PCY. Tsukamurella ocularis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella hominis sp. nov., isolated from patients with conjunctivitis in Hong Kong. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:810-818.

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Record number: 797556