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Neisseria meningitidis

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q154625
Neisseria meningitidis
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Neisseria meningitidis

Summary

Neisseria meningitidis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,263 views/month, #1,336 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Neisseria meningitidis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Neisseria meningitidis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Neisseria meningitidis is classified within Neisseria[5].
  • Neisseria meningitidis's scientific name is Neisseria meningitidis[6].
  • Neisseria meningitidis's Commons category is recorded as Neisseria meningitidis[7].
  • Neisseria meningitidis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C86605[8].
  • Neisseria meningitidis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. meningitidis'}[9].
  • Neisseria meningitidis is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Meningokokk'}[10].
  • Neisseria meningitidis's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/neisseria-meningitidis[11].
  • Neisseria meningitidis's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Neisseria meningitidis is Neisseria meningitidis[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Neisseria[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Meningokokk'}[10].

Identifiers

Neisseria meningitidis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 570710[13]. Neisseria meningitidis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 487[14]. Neisseria meningitidis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 996566[15]. Neisseria meningitidis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3220226[16]. Neisseria meningitidis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 964013[17].

Why It Matters

Neisseria meningitidis ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,263 views/month, #1,336 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 42 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. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . 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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  1. 4w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gram staining → gram-negative bacteria
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    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2204473
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