Name: Tomitella cavernea Cheng et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.ver’nea. L. gen. n. cavernea, of a cave, referring to the habitat of the organism (should rather be cavernae) (sic)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45788; JCM 18542; YIM C00895

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF548053 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cheng J, Wang HF, Li L, Chen W, Duan YQ, Duan BL, Lu XH, Ding YB, Li WJ. Tomitella cavernea sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2319-2323.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Tomitella cavernae corrig. Cheng et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tomitella cavernae corrig. Cheng et al. 2014	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species, and may be reclassified as Gordonia". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Tomitella Katayama et al. 2010

Assigned by: Cheng J, Wang HF, Li L, Chen W, Duan YQ, Duan BL, Lu XH, Ding YB, Li WJ. Tomitella cavernea sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2319-2323.

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Record number: 791994