Name: Sphaerimonospora cavernae Mingma et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.ver’nae. L. gen. fem. n. cavernae, of a cave

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ka-WER-na͡e, feminine

Type strain: BCC 77604; N74; NBRC 111481

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LC096135 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mingma R, Duangmal K, Take A, Inahashi Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y, Matsumoto A. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1735-1744. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sphaerimonospora Mingma et al. 2016. Publication: Mingma R, Duangmal K, Take A, Inahashi Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y, Matsumoto A. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1735-1744. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sphaerimonospora Mingma et al. 2016

Assigned by: Mingma R, Duangmal K, Take A, Inahashi Y, Omura S, Takahashi Y, Matsumoto A. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1735-1744. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 794016