Name: Belnapia moabensis Reddy et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.a.ben’sis. N.L. fem. adj. moabensis, pertaining to Moab, UT, USA, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bel-NA-pi-a mo-a-BEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1043; CP2C; DSM 16746

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ871428 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Reddy GS, Nagy M, 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. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Belnapia Reddy et al. 2006. Publication: Reddy GS, Nagy M, 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. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Belnapia Reddy et al. 2006

Assigned by: Reddy GS, Nagy M, 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. 🇺🇸

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