Mycobacterium avium

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q310728
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Summary

Mycobacterium avium is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (223 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Mycobacterium[4]
  • Taxon name: Mycobacterium avium[5]
  • Commons category: Mycobacterium avium[6]
  • Short name: M. avium[7]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/mycobacterium-avium[8]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[9]

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Identifiers

Mycobacterium avium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1764[10]. Mycobacterium avium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6385865[11]. Mycobacterium avium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3225085[12]. Mycobacterium avium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 958595[13].

Why It Matters

Mycobacterium avium has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 8
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'ru', 'species']
    Wikipedia title → Mycobacterium avium
    Claims rich → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ remove badge intentional sitelink to redirect from enwiki sitelink; sitelink points to a non-redirect page #msynbotTask10"
  2. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Gram staining → gram-positive bacteria
    Parent taxon → Mycobacterium
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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