Belnapia

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Belnapia

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Belnapia Reddy et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Belnapia moabensis Reddy et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Belnapia, after J. Belnap, in honour of her contributions to the study of biological soil crusts (BSCs).
Reference: REDDY (G.S.N.), NAGY (M.) and GARCIA-PICHEL (F.): Belnapia moabensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium from biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 51-58.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Belnapia moabensis Reddy et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CP2C = ATCC BAA-1043 = DSM 16746.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ871428.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. moabensis, pertaining to Moab, UT, USA, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: REDDY (G.S.N.), NAGY (M.) and GARCIA-PICHEL (F.): Belnapia moabensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium from biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 51-58.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The specific epithet moabensis is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "N.L. gen. n." as cited in the paper by Reddy et al. 2006.