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Mycobacterium

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q194309
Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium

Summary

Mycobacterium is a taxon[1]. Mycobacterium ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month, #1,351 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mycobacterium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mycobacterium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Mycobacterium belongs to the parent taxon Mycobacteriaceae[5].
  • Mycobacterium's scientific name is Mycobacterium[6].
  • Mycobacterium's Commons category is recorded as Mycobacterium[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Mycobacterium is Mycobacterium tuberculosis[8].
  • Mycobacterium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mycobacteria[9].
  • Mycobacterium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[10].
  • Mycobacterium's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/mycobacterium[11].
  • Mycobacterium's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[12].
  • Mycobacterium's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Mycobacteriales[13].
  • Mycobacterium's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Mycobacteriaceae[14].

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Classification

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

Identifiers

Mycobacterium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356728[15]. Mycobacterium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1763[16]. Mycobacterium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83101[17]. Mycobacterium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3225061[18]. Mycobacterium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 189415[19].

Why It Matters

Mycobacterium ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month, #1,351 of 195,241).[2] Mycobacterium has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Mycobacterium is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Instance of → taxon
    Gram staining → gram-positive bacteria
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