bacteria

domain of micro-organisms
Taxon taxon Q10876
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bacteria

Summary

bacteria is a taxon[1]. bacteria ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,117 views/month, #236 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • bacteria's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • bacteria is classified at the rank of kingdom[4].
  • bacteria is classified at the rank of superkingdom[5].
  • bacteria is classified at the rank of domain[6].
  • bacteria belongs to the parent taxon prokaryotes[7].
  • bacteria is classified within Biota[8].
  • bacteria is classified within Monera[9].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, bacteria is Bacteria[10].
  • bacteria is a type of microorganism[11].
  • bacteria's Commons category is recorded as Bacteria[12].
  • The taxonomic type of bacteria is Bacillus[13].
  • bacteria's temporal range start is recorded as Archean[14].
  • bacteria began on -3500000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • bacteria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bacteria[16].
  • bacteria's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes[17].
  • bacteria's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q42353284[18].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • bacteria's topic has template is recorded as Template:Bacteria[24].
  • bacteria's has effect is recorded as bacterial infectious disease[25].
  • bacteria's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C14187[26].
  • bacteria is commonly known as Bakterie[27].

Body

Classification

bacteria's scientific name is Bacteria[10]. Recorded taxon rank include kingdom[4], superkingdom[5], and domain[6]. Recorded parent taxon include prokaryotes[7], Biota[8], and Monera[9]. The taxonomic type of bacteria is Bacillus[13]. Recorded taxon common name include Bakterie[27], بكتيريا[28], Bakterien[29], Бактерии[30], Bakteri[31], and Bakterije[32].

Identifiers

bacteria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2[33]. bacteria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 288[34]. bacteria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3[35]. bacteria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 50[36].

Discovery and Description

Things named for bacteria include Karius and Bactus[37], a written work[38], written by Thorbjørn Egner[39].

Why It Matters

bacteria ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,117 views/month, #236 of 195,241).[2] bacteria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] bacteria is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for bacteria include Karius and Bactus[37], a written work[38], written by Thorbjørn Egner[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  34. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . 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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id Bakterien
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Bakterien, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750707|Bakterien (#213750707)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag bacteria
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: bacteria, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914858|bacteria (#289914858)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0004739-bakterie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004739-bakterie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  4. 15w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1749, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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