phototaxis

directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to light
Intangible biological_process Q1510084
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phototaxis

Summary

phototaxis is a biological process[1]. phototaxis draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #188 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • phototaxis's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • phototaxis's GND ID is recorded as 4174557-7[4].
  • phototaxis's subclass of is recorded as energy taxis[5].
  • phototaxis's subclass of is recorded as response to light stimulus[6].
  • phototaxis's Commons category is recorded as Phototaxis[7].
  • phototaxis's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000071444[8].
  • phototaxis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_zsf[9].
  • phototaxis's MeSH tree code is recorded as F01.145.113.780.875[10].
  • phototaxis's MeSH tree code is recorded as F01.145.875.439.500.875[11].
  • phototaxis's MeSH tree code is recorded as G07.568.500.590.875[12].
  • phototaxis's MeSH tree code is recorded as G11.427.410.568.850.875[13].
  • phototaxis's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0042331[14].
  • phototaxis's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0110128[15].
  • phototaxis's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0110127[16].
  • phototaxis's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[17].
  • phototaxis's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0042331[18].
  • phototaxis's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1155354[19].
  • phototaxis's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as phototaxis[20].
  • phototaxis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 200206546[21].
  • phototaxis's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3902301[22].
  • phototaxis's IEV number is recorded as 845-26-020[23].
  • phototaxis's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C200206546[24].
  • phototaxis's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as fototaxi[25].
  • phototaxis's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/e01149e8-7479-4e8f-8ccf-949d0f615005[26].

Why It Matters

phototaxis draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #188 of 442).[2] phototaxis has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] phototaxis is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_phototaxis_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{phototaxis}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/phototaxis}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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