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strain

genetic variant, a subtype or a culture within a biological species
Class type of: taxon Q855769

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxonomic rank
Subclass of
taxon[2]
Part of
species, lineage[3][4]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[5][6][7]
Different from
Szczep, virus name, scientific name, genetic variant, isolate, subspecies, genotype, serotype, Штамм (значения)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
EntitySchema for this class
E174
🏷️ Also known as
en isotype en strain ar سلالة de Stamm es cepa es isotipo fa سویه fr souche he זן hi प्रभेद (जीवविज्ञान) hu törzs id galur it ceppo it stipite ja 切り株 ko 계통 ms strain (biologi) nl giststam nl schimmelstam nl stam
🔖 Identifiers · 10
OpenAlex ID
C3019397396, C2991898273
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/strain-taxon
Freebase ID
/m/040499
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120x76lx
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
soca
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0518764
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4921948
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
shtamm-69d4e7
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
533223
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
08128123-n

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🔗 Connections
Examples 13
Orthoebolavirus zairense, SARS-CoV-1, GFAJ-1, Marburg virus, Human T-lymphotropic virus, Escherichia coli O104:H4, Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens KI72, SHC014-CoV +5 more
Different from 5
subspecies, genotype, serotype, genetic variant, scientific name
← Different from 5
subspecies, genotype, serotype, genetic variant, scientific name
Part of 2
species, lineage
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
taxonomic rank
Subclass of 1
taxon
Subtypes 1
biovar
← Has characteristic 1
virus
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Summary

strain is a taxonomic rank[1].

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Use and Application

Part of include species[3], a taxonomic rank[17] and lineage[4].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Einsenkungsmarke · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    EntitySchema for this class → E174
    Different from → Szczep, virus name, scientific name +1
    Part of → species, lineage
    Instance of → taxonomic rank
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Removed claim: Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān ID: EQSIM-00349"
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