Name: Tsukamurella inchonensis Yassin et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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 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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