Name: Antrihabitans cavernicola (Lee et al. 2020) Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodococcus cavernicola Lee et al. 2020

Etymology: ca.ver.ni’co.la. L. fem. n. caverna, a cave; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. cavernicola, a cave dweller, referring to the site where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ka-wer-NI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: C1-24; DSM 109484; KACC 19964

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK312464 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Val-Calvo J, Vazquez-Boland JA. Mycobacteriales taxonomy using network analysis-aided, context-uniform phylogenomic approach for non-subjective genus demarcation. mBio 2023; 14:e0220723.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spelaeibacter cavernicola (Lee et al. 2020) Kim et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodococcus cavernicola Lee et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06184 (N = 3).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Rhodococcus cavernicola Lee et al. 2020. Publication: Lee SD, Kim IS, Kim YJ, Joung Y. Rhodococcus cavernicola sp. nov., isolated from a cave, and Rhodococcus degradans is a later heterosynonym of Rhodococcus qingshengii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4409-4415. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5187-5189.

Parent taxon: Antrihabitans Lee et al. 2020

Assigned by: Val-Calvo J, Vazquez-Boland JA. Mycobacteriales taxonomy using network analysis-aided, context-uniform phylogenomic approach for non-subjective genus demarcation. mBio 2023; 14:e0220723.

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Record number: 46666