Mycobacterium leprae

species of bacterium; form of leprosy
Taxon taxon Q155891
Mycobacterium leprae
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Mycobacterium leprae

Summary

Mycobacterium leprae is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,881 views/month, #1,347 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mycobacterium leprae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is classified within Mycobacterium[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Mycobacterium leprae is Mycobacterium leprae[6].
  • Mycobacterium leprae's Commons category is recorded as Mycobacterium leprae[7].
  • Mycobacterium leprae's has effect is recorded as leprosy[8].
  • Mycobacterium leprae's this taxon is source of is recorded as lepromin[9].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hansen’s coccus spirilly'}[10].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Hanseni kepike'}[11].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Leepra mükobakter'}[12].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Leeprabatsill'}[13].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'らい菌'}[14].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Leprabasill'}[15].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '韓森氏桿菌'}[16].
  • Mycobacterium leprae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '麻風桿菌'}[17].
  • Mycobacterium leprae's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/mycobacterium-leprae[18].
  • Mycobacterium leprae's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mycobacterium leprae is Mycobacterium leprae[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Mycobacterium[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hansen’s coccus spirilly'}[10], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Hanseni kepike'}[11], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Leepra mükobakter'}[12], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Leeprabatsill'}[13], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'らい菌'}[14], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Leprabasill'}[15].

Identifiers

Mycobacterium leprae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 552105[20]. Mycobacterium leprae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1769[21]. Mycobacterium leprae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 971601[22]. Mycobacterium leprae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3225137[23]. Mycobacterium leprae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 963824[24].

Why It Matters

Mycobacterium leprae ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,881 views/month, #1,347 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Disease Ontology. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i42567
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01380445-n
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  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Mycobacterium
    Has effect → leprosy
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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