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Volume 32, Number 1—January 2026

Research

Detection of Novel Thermotolerant Tepidimonas sp. Bacteria in Human Respiratory Specimens, Hong Kong, China, 2024

Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu, Shuk-Ching Wong, Edwin Kwan-Yeung Chiu, Raymond Hon Man Ng, Jonathan Hon-Kwan Chen, Jordan Yik-Hei Fong, Lithia Lai-Ha Yuen, Simon Yung-Chun So, David Christopher Lung, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng, Kwok-Yung YuenComments to Author , and Jade Lee-Lee TengComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China (K.H.-Y. Chiu, S.-C. Wong, E.K.-Y. Chiu, R.H.-M. Ng, J.H.-K. Chen, L.L.-H. Yuen, S.Y.-C. So, V.C.-C. Cheng); University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (S.-C. Wong, J.H.-K. Chen, J.Y.-H. Fong, K.-Y. Yuen, J.L.-L. Teng); Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong (D.C. Lung); Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong (D.C. Lung)

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Figure 1

Circular genome map of novel thermotolerant Tepidimonas spp. bacteria detected in human respiratory specimens, Hong Kong, China, 2024. Using patient strain HKU77T as the reference genome forming the backbone, the ring compares genome matches from patient strains HKU78 and HKU79 and the 2 closest Tepidimonas species, T. fonticoaldi AT-A2T and T. taiwanensis I1–1T genomes. The genome features include GC content and plus (+) or minus (–) GC skew.

Figure 1. Circular genome map of novel thermotolerant Tepidimonas spp. bacteria detected in human respiratory specimens, Hong Kong, China, 2024. Using patient strain HKU77T as the reference genome forming the backbone, the ring compares genome matches from patient strains HKU78 and HKU79 and the 2 closest Tepidimonas species, T. fonticoaldi AT-A2T and T. taiwanensis I1–1T genomes. The genome features include GC content and plus (+) or minus (–) GC skew.

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