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Prochlorococcus

genus of Cyanobacteria
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q18645284
Prochlorococcus
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Prochlorococcus

Summary

Prochlorococcus is a monotypic taxon[1]. Prochlorococcus ranks in the top 2% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Prochlorococcus's image is recorded as Prochlorococcus marinus 2.jpg[3].
  • Prochlorococcus's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[4].
  • Prochlorococcus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Prochlorococcus's parent taxon is recorded as Prochlorococcaceae[6].
  • Prochlorococcus's taxon name is recorded as Prochlorococcus[7].
  • Prochlorococcus's Commons category is recorded as Prochlorococcus[8].
  • Prochlorococcus's taxonomic type is recorded as Prochlorococcus marinus[9].
  • Prochlorococcus's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D048929[10].
  • Prochlorococcus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0339xc[11].
  • Prochlorococcus's MeSH tree code is recorded as B03.440.475.100.655.600[12].
  • Prochlorococcus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1218[13].
  • Prochlorococcus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 610076[14].
  • Prochlorococcus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 91478[15].
  • Prochlorococcus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3215940[16].
  • Prochlorococcus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 345515[17].
  • Prochlorococcus's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=46076[18].
  • Prochlorococcus's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/prochlorococcus[19].
  • Prochlorococcus's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[20].
  • Prochlorococcus's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0995582[21].
  • Prochlorococcus's EPPO Code is recorded as 1PCRCG[22].
  • Prochlorococcus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356608[23].
  • Prochlorococcus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1095327[24].
  • Prochlorococcus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779207893[25].
  • Prochlorococcus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2909196098[26].
  • Prochlorococcus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 771085[27].

Why It Matters

Prochlorococcus ranks in the top 2% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[2] Prochlorococcus has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Prochlorococcus marinus nov. gen. nov. sp.: an oxyphototrophic marine prokaryote containing divinyl chlorophyll a and b. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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