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Clostridium botulinum

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q131268
Clostridium botulinum
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Summary

Clostridium botulinum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,126 views/month, #1,102 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Clostridium[4]
  • Taxon name: Clostridium botulinum[5]
  • Commons category: Clostridium botulinum[6]
  • Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Clostridium botulinum[8]
  • Has effect: infant botulism[9], botulism[10], intestinal botulism[11], wound botulism[12]
  • Short name: C. botulinum[13]
  • Taxon common name: ボツリヌス菌[14], 클로스트리디움 보틀리늄[15], 肉毒桿菌[16]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/clostridium-botulinum[17]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[18]

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Identifiers

Clostridium botulinum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 907352[19]. Clostridium botulinum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1491[20]. Clostridium botulinum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 996628[21]. Clostridium botulinum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3226559[22]. Clostridium botulinum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 960722[23].

Why It Matters

Clostridium botulinum has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gram staining → gram-positive bacteria
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Clostridium botulinum
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 22889, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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