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Cryptococcus

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q309498
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Cryptococcus

Summary

Cryptococcus is a taxon[1]. Cryptococcus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cryptococcus's image is recorded as Cryptococcus neoformans using a light India ink staining preparation PHIL 3771 lores.jpg[3].
  • Cryptococcus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Cryptococcus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Cryptococcus's parent taxon is recorded as Tremellaceae[6].
  • Cryptococcus's taxon name is recorded as Cryptococcus[7].
  • Cryptococcus's Commons category is recorded as Cryptococcus[8].
  • Cryptococcus's taxonomic type is recorded as Q131924[9].
  • Cryptococcus's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D003454[10].
  • Cryptococcus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q9g4[11].
  • Cryptococcus's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.300.381.258[12].
  • Cryptococcus's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.300.930.316[13].
  • Cryptococcus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 107441[14].
  • Cryptococcus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 194666[15].
  • Cryptococcus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2518146[16].
  • Cryptococcus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 603997[17].
  • Cryptococcus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cryptococcus[18].
  • Cryptococcus's MycoBank taxon name ID is recorded as 11060[19].
  • Cryptococcus's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=49539[20].
  • Cryptococcus's Index Fungorum taxon ID is recorded as 11060[21].
  • Cryptococcus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Cryptococcus[22].
  • Cryptococcus's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 6032748[23].
  • Cryptococcus's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as 1e47a6d6-a376-452b-bc55-69319fcc0043[24].
  • Cryptococcus's UMLS CUI is recorded as C4316868[25].
  • Cryptococcus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 464082[26].
  • Cryptococcus's NBN System Key is recorded as BMSSYS0000005323[27].

Why It Matters

Cryptococcus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2] Cryptococcus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Cryptococcus is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . Appendix III: Conserved, protected, and rejected names of genera and subdivisions of genera. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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