Blastocystis hominis

species of parasitic protozoa found in the intestines of humans and other primates, once thought a species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q19833385
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Summary

Blastocystis hominis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blastocystis hominis's image is recorded as Four common forms of Blastocystis hominis Valzn.jpg[3].
  • Blastocystis hominis's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Blastocystis hominis's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Blastocystis hominis's parent taxon is recorded as Blastocystis[6].
  • Blastocystis hominis's taxon name is recorded as Blastocystis hominis[7].
  • Blastocystis hominis's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D016845[8].
  • Blastocystis hominis's UNII is recorded as 66KX72J4H6[9].
  • Blastocystis hominis's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.046.500.100.200.200.375[10].
  • Blastocystis hominis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 12968[11].
  • Blastocystis hominis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 9138685[12].
  • Blastocystis hominis's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=143765[13].
  • Blastocystis hominis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. hominis'}[14].
  • Blastocystis hominis's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc71jnkj[15].
  • Blastocystis hominis's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as 2666e505-10f2-4766-8581-3f2a7f8e445a[16].
  • Blastocystis hominis's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0085373[17].
  • Blastocystis hominis's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11767356[18].
  • Blastocystis hominis's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://protists.ensembl.org/Blastocystis_hominis_gca_000151665[19].
  • Blastocystis hominis's ICD-11 ID is recorded as XN1M7[20].
  • Blastocystis hominis's ICD-11 ID is recorded as 258067317[21].
  • Blastocystis hominis's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as agricultural-and-biological-sciences/blastocystis-hominis[22].

Why It Matters

Blastocystis hominis ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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