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Bacillus

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q212032
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Bacillus

Summary

Bacillus is a taxon[1]. Bacillus ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,016 views/month, #1,301 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bacillus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bacillus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Bacillus belongs to the parent taxon Bacillaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Bacillus is Bacillus[6].
  • Bacillus's Commons category is recorded as Bacillus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Bacillus is Bacillus subtilis[8].
  • Bacillus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bacillus[9].
  • Bacillus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • Bacillus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • Bacillus's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=49341[12].
  • Bacillus's taxon synonym is recorded as Pseudobacillus[13].
  • Bacillus's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/bacillus[14].
  • Bacillus's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[15].
  • Bacillus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Bacillus[16].
  • Bacillus's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Bacillati[17].
  • Bacillus's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Bacillota[18].
  • Bacillus's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Bacilli[19].
  • Bacillus's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Bacillales[20].
  • Bacillus's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Bacillaceae[21].

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Classification

Bacillus's scientific name is Bacillus[6]. Bacillus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Bacillus belongs to the parent taxon Bacillaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Bacillus is Bacillus subtilis[8].

Identifiers

Bacillus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 245607[22]. Bacillus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1386[23]. Bacillus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83228[24]. Bacillus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3227637[25]. Bacillus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 407[26].

Why It Matters

Bacillus ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,016 views/month, #1,301 of 195,241).[2] Bacillus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Bacillus is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxonomic type → Bacillus subtilis
    Nomenclatural type of → Bacillati, Bacillota, Bacilli +2
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