tobacco mosaic virus

species of virus
Taxon taxon Q332874
tobacco mosaic virus
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Summary

tobacco mosaic virus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,549 views/month, #1,326 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: model organism[3], virus[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • Parent taxon: Tobamovirus[6]
  • Taxon name: Tobacco mosaic virus[7]
  • Subclass of: Tobamovirus[8]
  • Commons category: Tobacco mosaic virus[9]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • Has host: tomato[11]
  • ICTV virus genome composition: positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[12]

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Identifiers

tobacco mosaic virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 12242[13]. tobacco mosaic virus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8615186[14]. tobacco mosaic virus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10438482[15].

Why It Matters

tobacco mosaic virus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ictv virus genome composition → positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has host → tomato
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → Tobamovirus
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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