Alkanindiges hongkongensis (DSM 17557, LMG 23171, HKU 9)

Name: Alkanindiges hongkongensis (DSM 17557, LMG 23171, HKU 9)
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BacDive ID 8150

Type strain

Strain Designation HKU 9

Culture col. no. DSM 17557 LMG 23171 HKU 9

NCBI tax ID(s) 208968

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Alkanindiges hongkongensis HKU 9 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from pus of a parotid gland abscess in a patient with Warthin’s tumor.

mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 289846

LMG 23171

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:45

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Pseudomonadales

Family Moraxellaceae

Genus Alkanindiges

Species Alkanindiges hongkongensis

Full scientific name Alkanindiges hongkongensis Woo et al. 2016

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
6973	COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD AGAR (DSMZ Medium 429) Composition: Horse blood 40.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
6973	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	-
#Host Body-Site	#Other	#Abscess
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
6973	pus of a parotid gland abscess in a patient with Warthin’s tumor	Hong Kong	HKG	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6973	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
6973	Alkanindiges hongkongensis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY251390	1396	208968
6973	Alkanindiges hongkongensis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY251391	1396	208968
6973	Alkanindiges hongkongensis strain HKU9 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF543466	1396	208968

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6973	46.9	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#6973	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17557
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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