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Bacillus anthracis

species of bacteria, causes anthrax
Taxon taxon Q614156
Bacillus anthracis
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Summary

Bacillus anthracis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,340 views/month, #1,186 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Bacillus[4]
  • Taxon name: Bacillus anthracis[5]
  • Subclass of: pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[6]
  • Commons category: Bacillus anthracis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bacillus anthracis[8]
  • Has effect: anthrax[9]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C86160[10]
  • Short name: B. anthracis[11]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/bacillus-anthracis[12]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[13]
  • Exact match: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9040[14]

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Identifiers

Bacillus anthracis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1392[15]. Bacillus anthracis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 974636[16]. Bacillus anthracis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5428037[17]. Bacillus anthracis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 959822[18].

Why It Matters

Bacillus anthracis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . emro.who.int. emro.who.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i42424
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  2. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01352867-n
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → anthrax
    Local thumb → —
    Parent taxon → Bacillus
    Subclass of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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