Candida

genus of fungi
Taxon taxon Q131260
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Candida

Summary

Candida is a taxon[1]. Candida ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,902 views/month, #1,274 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Candida's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Candida is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Candida is classified within Debaryomycetaceae[5].
  • Candida's scientific name is Candida[6].
  • Candida's Commons category is recorded as Candida (fungus)[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Candida is Candida vulgaris[8].
  • Candida's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Candida (fungus)[9].
  • Candida's Commons gallery is recorded as Candida[10].
  • Candida's different from is recorded as Candida[11].
  • Candida's taxon author citation is recorded as Berkhout[12].

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Classification

Candida's scientific name is Candida[6]. Candida is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Candida is classified within Debaryomycetaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Candida is Candida vulgaris[8].

Conservation

Candida's IUCN conservation status is recorded as 3265006[13].

Identifiers

Candida's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 450114[14]. Candida's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5475[15]. Candida's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 32103[16]. Candida's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2518121[17]. Candida's ITIS TSN is recorded as 194591[18].

Why It Matters

Candida ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,902 views/month, #1,274 of 195,241).[2] Candida has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Candida is known by 5 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] . The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Appendix III: Conserved, protected, and rejected names of genera and subdivisions of genera. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . MycoBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . browser.ihtsdotools.org. Retrieved . browser.ihtsdotools.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [12] . Biota of New Zealand. id.biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: 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. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Candida (fungus)
    Taxon rank genus
    Different from Candida
    Instance of
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