Name: Pauljensenia hongkongensis (Woo et al. 2004) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces hongkongensis Woo et al. 2004

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 48484; CIP 107949; DSM 15629; HKU8; LMG 21939

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF433168 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomyces hongkongensis Woo et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pauljensenia Nouioui et al. 2018. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pauljensenia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

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Record number: 798111