bacteria

domain of micro-organisms
Taxon taxon Q10876
bacteria
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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 (3,582 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 superkingdom[4].
  • bacteria is classified at the rank of domain[5].
  • bacteria is classified within Biota[6].
  • bacteria's scientific name is Bacteria[7].
  • bacteria is a type of microorganism[8].
  • bacteria's Commons category is recorded as Bacteria[9].
  • The taxonomic type of bacteria is Bacillus[10].
  • bacteria began on -3500000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • bacteria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bacteria[12].
  • bacteria's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes[13].
  • bacteria's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q42353284[14].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • bacteria's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[19].
  • bacteria's topic has template is recorded as Template:Bacteria[20].
  • bacteria's has effect is recorded as bacterial infectious disease[21].
  • bacteria's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C14187[22].
  • bacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'gsw', 'text': 'Bakterie'}[23].
  • bacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بكتيريا'}[24].
  • bacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Bakterien'}[25].
  • bacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Бактерии'}[26].
  • bacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'br', 'text': 'Bakteri'}[27].

Body

Classification

bacteria's scientific name is Bacteria[7]. Recorded taxon rank include superkingdom[4] and domain[5]. bacteria is classified within Biota[6]. The taxonomic type of bacteria is Bacillus[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'gsw', 'text': 'Bakterie'}[23], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بكتيريا'}[24], {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Bakterien'}[25], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Бактерии'}[26], {'lang': 'br', 'text': 'Bakteri'}[27], and {'lang': 'bs', 'text': 'Bakterije'}[28].

Identifiers

bacteria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2[29]. bacteria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 288[30]. bacteria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3[31]. bacteria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 50[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for bacteria include Karius and Bactus[33], a written work[34], written by Thorbjørn Egner[35].

Why It Matters

bacteria ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,582 views/month, #236 of 195,241).[2] bacteria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] bacteria is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for bacteria include Karius and Bactus[33], a written work[34], written by Thorbjørn Egner[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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