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Lactococcus

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q134274
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Lactococcus

Summary

Lactococcus is a taxon[1]. Lactococcus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month, #1,601 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lactococcus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lactococcus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lactococcus belongs to the parent taxon Streptococcaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lactococcus is Lactococcus[6].
  • Lactococcus's Commons category is recorded as Lactococcus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Lactococcus is Lactococcus lactis[8].
  • Lactococcus's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/lactococcus[9].
  • Lactococcus's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lactococcus is Lactococcus[6]. Lactococcus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lactococcus belongs to the parent taxon Streptococcaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Lactococcus is Lactococcus lactis[8].

Identifiers

Lactococcus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 475778[11]. Lactococcus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1357[12]. Lactococcus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83424[13]. Lactococcus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3227131[14]. Lactococcus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 957445[15].

Why It Matters

Lactococcus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month, #1,601 of 195,241).[2] Lactococcus has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

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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. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Streptococcaceae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Gram staining → gram-positive bacteria
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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