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Proteobacteria

phylum of Gram-negative bacteria
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Proteobacteria

Summary

Proteobacteria is a taxon[1]. Proteobacteria ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Proteobacteria's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Proteobacteria's instance of is recorded as synonym[4].
  • Proteobacteria is classified at the rank of phylum[5].
  • Proteobacteria is classified within Negibacteria[6].
  • Proteobacteria belongs to the parent taxon Pseudomonadati[7].
  • Proteobacteria's scientific name is Proteobacteria[8].
  • Proteobacteria's Commons category is recorded as Pseudomonadota[9].
  • Proteobacteria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Proteobacteria[10].
  • Proteobacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Purple Bacteria & relatives'}[11].
  • Proteobacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Proteobakterid'}[12].
  • Proteobacteria is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '變形菌門'}[13].
  • Proteobacteria's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/phylum/proteobacteria[14].
  • Proteobacteria's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[15].
  • Proteobacteria's taxon author citation is recorded as Garrity et al. 2005[16].
  • Proteobacteria's taxon synonym of is recorded as Pseudomonadota[17].

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Classification

Proteobacteria's scientific name is Proteobacteria[8]. Proteobacteria is classified at the rank of phylum[5]. Recorded parent taxon include Negibacteria[6] and Pseudomonadati[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Purple Bacteria & relatives'}[11], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Proteobakterid'}[12], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '變形菌門'}[13].

Identifiers

Proteobacteria's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83702[18]. Proteobacteria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311[19]. Proteobacteria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 111[20]. Proteobacteria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 956120[21].

Why It Matters

Proteobacteria ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2] Proteobacteria has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Proteobacteria is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Validation List no. 106: Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Validation List no. 106: Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Proteobacteria
    Taxon synonym of → Pseudomonadota
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    Taxon rank → phylum
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