Oscillatoria

genus of cyanobacteria
Taxon taxon Q141259
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Oscillatoria

Summary

Oscillatoria is a taxon[1]. Oscillatoria ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month, #1,596 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oscillatoria's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Oscillatoria is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Oscillatoria belongs to the parent taxon Oscillatoriaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Oscillatoria is Oscillatoria[6].
  • Oscillatoria's Commons category is recorded as Oscillatoria[7].
  • Oscillatoria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oscillatoria[8].
  • Oscillatoria's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43083[9].
  • Oscillatoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ユレモ属'}[10].
  • Oscillatoria's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/oscillatoria[11].
  • Oscillatoria's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Oscillatoria is Oscillatoria[6]. Oscillatoria is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Oscillatoria belongs to the parent taxon Oscillatoriaceae[5]. Oscillatoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ユレモ属'}[10].

Identifiers

Oscillatoria's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 324242[13]. Oscillatoria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1158[14]. Oscillatoria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 11420[15]. Oscillatoria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7679569[16]. Oscillatoria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 917[17].

Why It Matters

Oscillatoria ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (148 views/month, #1,596 of 195,241).[2] Oscillatoria has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Oscillatoria is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Q107356513. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Oscillatoriaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Gram staining gram-negative bacteria
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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