Legionella

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q158013
Legionella
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Legionella

Summary

Legionella is a taxon[1]. Legionella ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,906 views/month, #1,173 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Legionella's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Legionella is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • American Legion is named after Legionella[5].
  • Legionella is classified within Legionellaceae[6].
  • Legionella's scientific name is Legionella[7].
  • Legionella's Commons category is recorded as Legionella[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Legionella is Legionella pneumophila[9].
  • Legionella's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Legionella[10].
  • Legionella's LPSN URL is recorded as http://www.bacterio.net/legionella.html[11].
  • Legionella's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Legionella is Legionella[7]. Legionella is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Legionella is classified within Legionellaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Legionella is Legionella pneumophila[9].

Discovery and Description

American Legion is named after Legionella[5].

Identifiers

Legionella's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356744[13]. Legionella's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 445[14]. Legionella's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83152[15]. Legionella's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3223036[16]. Legionella's ITIS TSN is recorded as 957462[17].

Why It Matters

Legionella ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,906 views/month, #1,173 of 195,241).[2] Legionella has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Legionella is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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