General

@ref: 67770

BacDive-ID: 164541

DSM-Number: 109108

keywords: genome sequence, 16S sequence, Bacteria, mesophilic

description: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis JCM 33389 is a mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from Conjunctival swab of a patient with conjunctivitis in Hong Kong.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 2592068
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 67770
• history: J. L. L. Teng; Dept. of Microbiol., Univ. of Hong Kong, China; HKU72.

doi: 10.13145/bacdive164541.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/bacteria
• keyword: phylum/actinomycetota
• domain: Bacteria
• phylum: Actinomycetota
• class: Actinomycetes
• order: Mycobacteriales
• family: Tsukamurellaceae
• genus: Tsukamurella
• species: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis
• full scientific name: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis Teng et al. 2020

@ref: 67770

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Actinobacteria

class: Actinobacteria

order: Mycobacteriales

family: Tsukamurellaceae

genus: Tsukamurella

species: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis

full scientific name: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis Teng et al. 2020

type strain: yes

Culture and growth conditions

culture temp

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• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 37
• range: mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

observation

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• observation: quinones: MK-9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

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• sample type: Conjunctival swab of a patient with conjunctivitis in Hong Kong
• country: China
• origin.country: CHN
• continent: Asia

taxonmaps

• @ref: 69479
• File name: preview.99_3845.png
• url: https://microbeatlas.org/index.html?action=taxon&taxon_id=90_10;96_1974;97_2373;98_2929;99_3845&stattab=map
• Last taxonomy: Tsukamurella
• 16S sequence: MK583684
• Sequence Identity:
• Total samples: 12359
• soil counts: 3431
• aquatic counts: 2978
• animal counts: 5160
• plant counts: 790

Sequence information

16S sequences

• @ref: 67770
• description: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
• accession: MK583684
• length: 1407
• database: ena
• NCBI tax ID: 2592068

Genome sequences

• @ref: 67770
• description: Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis HKU72
• accession: GCA_007858475
• assembly level: contig
• database: ncbi
• NCBI tax ID: 2592068

GC content

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• GC-content: 70.5
• method: genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

predictions

External links

@ref: 67770

culture collection no.: JCM 33389, DSM 109108

literature

• topic: Phylogeny
• Pubmed-ID: 31738158
• title: Tsukamurella asaccharolytica sp. nov., Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sputi sp. nov., isolated from patients with bacteraemia, conjunctivitis and respiratory infection in Hong Kong.
• authors: Teng JLL, Fong JYH, Fok KMN, Lee HH, Chiu TH, Tang Y, Ngan AHY, Wong SSY, Que TL, Lau SKP, Woo PCY
• journal: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
• DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003861
• year: 2020
• mesh: Actinobacteria/*classification/isolation & purification, Bacteremia/*microbiology, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Base Composition, Base Sequence, Conjunctivitis/*microbiology, DNA, Bacterial/genetics, Fatty Acids/chemistry, Genes, Bacterial, Hong Kong, Humans, Mycolic Acids/chemistry, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Peptidoglycan/chemistry, *Phylogeny, Pigmentation, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics, Respiratory Tract Infections/*microbiology, Sequence Analysis, DNA
• topic2: Pathogenicity

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