Name: Spelaeibacter cavernicola (Lee et al. 2020) Kim et al. 2022

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

Gender: masculine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK312464 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim SM, Lee SD, Koh YS, Kim IS. Antrihabitans stalagmiti sp. nov., isolated from a larva cave and a proposal to transfer Rhodococcus cavernicola Lee et al. 2020 to a new genus Spelaeibacter as Spelaeibacter cavernicola gen. nov. comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2022; 115:521-532.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 208. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5592.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodococcus cavernicola Lee et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Antrihabitans cavernicola (Lee et al. 2020) Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Spelaeibacter Kim et al. 2022. Publication: Kim SM, Lee SD, Koh YS, Kim IS. Antrihabitans stalagmiti sp. nov., isolated from a larva cave and a proposal to transfer Rhodococcus cavernicola Lee et al. 2020 to a new genus Spelaeibacter as Spelaeibacter cavernicola gen. nov. comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2022; 115:521-532.
  • ❗ Spelaeibacter cavernicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Spelaeibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Spelaeibacter Kim et al. 2022

Assigned by: Kim SM, Lee SD, Koh YS, Kim IS. Antrihabitans stalagmiti sp. nov., isolated from a larva cave and a proposal to transfer Rhodococcus cavernicola Lee et al. 2020 to a new genus Spelaeibacter as Spelaeibacter cavernicola gen. nov. comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2022; 115:521-532.

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Record number: 26889