Thermus aquaticus

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q137165
Thermus aquaticus
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Thermus aquaticus

Summary

Thermus aquaticus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month, #1,527 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thermus aquaticus's image is recorded as Thermus aquaticus.JPG[3].
  • Thermus aquaticus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Thermus aquaticus's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Thermus aquaticus's parent taxon is recorded as Thermus[6].
  • Thermus aquaticus's taxon name is recorded as Thermus aquaticus[7].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Commons category is recorded as Thermus aquaticus[8].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02n9x7[9].
  • Thermus aquaticus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 271[10].
  • Thermus aquaticus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 967337[11].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 974560[12].
  • Thermus aquaticus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5426400[13].
  • Thermus aquaticus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thermus aquaticus[14].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Commons gallery is recorded as Thermus aquaticus[15].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Thermus-aquaticus[16].
  • Thermus aquaticus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. aquaticus'}[17].
  • Thermus aquaticus's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/thermus-aquaticus[18].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[19].
  • Thermus aquaticus's BacDive ID is recorded as 16714[20].
  • Thermus aquaticus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 10034245[21].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781440490[22].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 276516[23].
  • Thermus aquaticus's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2781440490[24].
  • Thermus aquaticus's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 7BWZ7[25].
  • Thermus aquaticus's SeqCode Registry ID is recorded as 21728[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Thermus aquaticus include Taq polymerase[27], a group or class of enzymes[28].

Why It Matters

Thermus aquaticus ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month, #1,527 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Taq polymerase[27], a group or class of enzymes[28].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BacDive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . SeqCode Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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