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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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Table 6

Pairwise genomic alignments in study of novel thermotolerant Tepidimonas spp. bacteria in human respiratory specimens, Hong Kong, China, 2024*

Tepidimonas species ID Genome size, bp GC, % No. proteins No. rRNA No. tRNA % d4
T. hongkongensis reference HKU77T 2,842,968 67.2 2,695 3 51 NA
T. hongkongensis HKU78 2,924,694 67.1 2,807 6 52 95.3
T. hongkongensis HKU79 2,891,522 67.2 2,786 3 50 95.5
T. fonticaldi AT-A2 3,009,526 69.0 2,761 6 54 26.1
T. taiwanensis I1–1 2,915,587 68.8 2,671 9 56 24.7
T. charontis SPSP-6T 2,808,982 66.6 2,634 8 55 24.0
T. thermarum AA1 2,703,753 68.7 2,552 6 51 23.8
T. aquatica CLN-1 2,672,904 68.6 2,506 4 58 23.4
T. ignava DSM 12034 2,715,700 68.8 2,562 6 54 22.7
T. sediminis YIM 72259 2,533,936 71.8 2,337 5 58 22.5
T. alkaliphila YIM 72238 2,465,445 69.0 2,279 3 54 21.8

*Comparison through digital DNA-DNA hybridization by using Type (Strain) Gene Server (Leibniz Institute, https://tygs.dsmz.de). ID, identification.

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