Genus Antrihabitans

Name: Antrihabitans Lee et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: An.tri.ha’bi.tans. L. neut. n. antrum, a cave; L. pres. part. habitans, inhabiting; N.L. masc. n. Antrihabitans, inhabitant of cave

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Antrihabitant-), an-tri-HA-bi-tans

Type species: Antrihabitans stalactiti Lee et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dong Lee S, Kim IS, Verbarg S, Joung Y. Antrihabitans stalactiti gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Nocardiaceae isolated from a cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5503-5511. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spelaeibacter Kim et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Lee et al. 2025 Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Antrihabitans auranticaus sp. nov., Isolated from a Cave, and Emended Description of the Genus Antrihabitans. Curr Microbiol 2025; 83:108. 🇰🇷
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2026-01-05 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Suescún-Sepúlveda et al. 2025 Suescun-Sepulveda JA, Riesco R, Petrovski S, Soddell J, Sangal V, Jones AL, Sanchez-Juanes F, Seviour RJ, Goodfellow M, Trujillo ME. Antrihabitans spumae sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from stable foams formed in wastewater treatment plants and emended description of the genus Antrihabitans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6695. 🇪🇸 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6728.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lee et al. (2025). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 4; DSM: 4; JCM: 1; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Antrihabitans aurantiacus" Lee et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Antrihabitans cavernicola (Lee et al. 2020) Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Antrihabitans spumae Suescún-Sepúlveda et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Antrihabitans stalactiti Lee et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Antrihabitans stalagmiti Kim et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dong Lee S, Kim IS, Verbarg S, Joung Y. Antrihabitans stalactiti gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Nocardiaceae isolated from a cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5503-5511. 🇰🇷

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.14055Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 14055

• Previous versions:

  • Version	Date	JSON
    1	2026-03-31