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Escherichia

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q311055
Escherichia
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Escherichia

Summary

Escherichia is a taxon[1]. Escherichia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (346 views/month, #1,537 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Escherichia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Escherichia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Theodor Escherich is named after Escherichia[5].
  • Escherichia is classified within Enterobacteriaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Escherichia is Escherichia[7].
  • Escherichia's Commons category is recorded as Escherichia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Escherichia is Escherichia coli[9].
  • Escherichia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Escherichia[10].
  • Escherichia's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/escherichia[11].
  • Escherichia's studied by is recorded as wastewater surveillance[12].
  • Escherichia's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[13].

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Classification

Escherichia's scientific name is Escherichia[7]. Escherichia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Escherichia is classified within Enterobacteriaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Escherichia is Escherichia coli[9].

Discovery and Description

Theodor Escherich is named after Escherichia[5].

Identifiers

Escherichia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 450838[14]. Escherichia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 561[15]. Escherichia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 97437[16]. Escherichia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3221780[17]. Escherichia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 280[18].

Why It Matters

Escherichia ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (346 views/month, #1,537 of 195,241).[2] Escherichia has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Escherichia is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Theodor Escherich

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gram staining → gram-negative bacteria
    Taxon rank → genus
    Studied by → wastewater surveillance
    Instance of → —
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