Name: Tsukamurella strandjordii corrig. Kattar et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: strand.jord’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. strandjordii, of Strandjord, named in honor of Paul Strandjord, founder and chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, from 1969-1994

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 32-92; ATCC BAA-173; DSM 44573; JCM 11487; KCTC 19178

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF283283 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kattar MM, Cookson BT, Carlson LD, Stiglich SK, Schwartz MA, Nguyen TT, Daza R, Wallis CK, Yarfitz SL, Coyle MB. Tsukamurella strandjordae sp. nov., a proposed new species causing sepsis. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:1467-1476.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 86. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tsukamurella strandjordae Kattar et al. 2002	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, strandjordae (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. — 🧍 The strain DSM 44573 is cited in the DSMZ online catalogue. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 86. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1075-1076.

Parent taxon: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Kattar MM, Cookson BT, Carlson LD, Stiglich SK, Schwartz MA, Nguyen TT, Daza R, Wallis CK, Yarfitz SL, Coyle MB. Tsukamurella strandjordae sp. nov., a proposed new species causing sepsis. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:1467-1476.

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