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Escherichia coli

enteric, rod shaped, gram-negative bacterium
Taxon taxon Q25419
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Escherichia coli

Summary

Escherichia coli is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,955 views/month, #272 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Escherichia coli's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Escherichia coli's instance of is recorded as model organism[4].
  • Escherichia coli is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Escherichia coli is classified within Escherichia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Escherichia coli is Escherichia coli[7].
  • Escherichia coli's Commons category is recorded as Escherichia coli[8].
  • Escherichia coli's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Escherichia coli[9].
  • Escherichia coli's taxon synonym is recorded as Bacillus coli communis[10].
  • Escherichia coli's topic has template is recorded as Template:Escherichia coli[11].
  • Escherichia coli's topic has template is recorded as Q22865440[12].
  • Escherichia coli's this taxon is source of is recorded as Q21024265[13].
  • Escherichia coli's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'E. coli'}[14].
  • Escherichia coli is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大腸埃希氏菌'}[15].
  • Escherichia coli's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/escherichia-coli[16].
  • Escherichia coli's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[17].
  • Escherichia coli's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q25681522[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Escherichia coli is Escherichia coli[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Escherichia[6]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大腸埃希氏菌'}[15].

Identifiers

Escherichia coli's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 450837[19]. Escherichia coli's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 562[20]. Escherichia coli's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 972688[21]. Escherichia coli's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6110934[22]. Escherichia coli's ITIS TSN is recorded as 285[23].

Why It Matters

Escherichia coli ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,955 views/month, #272 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 127 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. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . 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. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → Q21024265
    Gram staining → gram-negative bacteria
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18582, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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