Tsukamurella sinensis

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Tsukamurella sinensis
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Tsukamurellaceae
Genus: Tsukamurella
Species:
T. sinensis
Binomial name
Tsukamurella sinensis
Teng et al. 2016
Type strain [1]
DSM 100207, JCM 30714, HKU51

Tsukamurella sinensis is a bacterium from the genus of Tsukamurella which has been isolated from a patient from the Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Parte, A.C. "Tsukamurella". LPSN .
  2. "Catalogue: DSM-100207". www.dsmz.de.
  3. Teng, JL; Tang, Y; Wong, SS; Ngan, AH; Huang, Y; Tsang, CC; Choi, GK; Lau, SK; Woo, PC (January 2016). "Tsukamurella hongkongensis sp. nov. and Tsukamurella sinensis sp. nov., isolated from patients with keratitis, catheter-related bacteraemia and conjunctivitis". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (1): 391–7. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000733 . PMID   26530900.