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Bacillus thuringiensis

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q310467
Bacillus thuringiensis
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Bacillus thuringiensis

Summary

Bacillus thuringiensis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,050 views/month, #1,276 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bacillus thuringiensis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Thuringia is named after Bacillus thuringiensis[5].
  • Ernst Berliner is named after Bacillus thuringiensis[6].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis belongs to the parent taxon Bacillus[7].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis's scientific name is Bacillus thuringiensis[8].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis is used for biological pest control[9].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis's Commons category is recorded as Bacillus thuringiensis[10].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis's product or material produced is recorded as delta endotoxin[11].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis's product or material produced is recorded as thuringiensin[12].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. thuringiensis'}[13].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蘇力菌'}[14].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/bacillus-thuringiensis[15].
  • Bacillus thuringiensis's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[16].

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Classification

Bacillus thuringiensis's scientific name is Bacillus thuringiensis[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Bacillus[7]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蘇力菌'}[14].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include Thuringia[5], a federated state of Germany[17], in Holy Roman Empire[18], founded in 1920[19] and Ernst Berliner[6], a biochemist[20], 1880–1957[21], of Germany[22], awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[23].

Identifiers

Bacillus thuringiensis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 500738[24]. Bacillus thuringiensis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1428[25]. Bacillus thuringiensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 975750[26]. Bacillus thuringiensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5428045[27]. Bacillus thuringiensis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 959828[28].

Why It Matters

Bacillus thuringiensis ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,050 views/month, #1,276 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [26] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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