Serratia marcescens

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q140004
Serratia marcescens
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Serratia marcescens

Summary

Serratia marcescens is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,132 views/month, #834 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Serratia marcescens's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Serratia marcescens is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Serafino Serrati is named after Serratia marcescens[5].
  • Serratia marcescens belongs to the parent taxon Serratia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Serratia marcescens is Serratia marcescens[7].
  • Serratia marcescens's Commons category is recorded as Serratia marcescens[8].
  • Serratia marcescens's color is recorded as red[9].
  • Serratia marcescens's product or material produced is recorded as prodigiosin[10].
  • Serratia marcescens's this taxon is source of is recorded as prodigiosin[11].
  • Serratia marcescens is commonly known as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'سراشیا'}[12].
  • Serratia marcescens is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Pałeczka krwawa'}[13].
  • Serratia marcescens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '萎垂桿菌'}[14].
  • Serratia marcescens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黏質塞氏桿菌'}[15].
  • Serratia marcescens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黏質沙雷氏菌'}[16].
  • Serratia marcescens's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/serratia-marcescens[17].
  • Serratia marcescens's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[18].
  • Serratia marcescens's has host is recorded as tomato[19].

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Classification

Serratia marcescens's scientific name is Serratia marcescens[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Serratia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'سراشیا'}[12], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Pałeczka krwawa'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '萎垂桿菌'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黏質塞氏桿菌'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黏質沙雷氏菌'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Serafino Serrati is named after Serratia marcescens[5].

Identifiers

Serratia marcescens's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356660[20]. Serratia marcescens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 615[21]. Serratia marcescens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3221754[22]. Serratia marcescens's ITIS TSN is recorded as 958620[23].

Why It Matters

Serratia marcescens ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,132 views/month, #834 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . Global Biotic Interactions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i42519
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01372460-n
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  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Serratia
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    Named after → Serafino Serrati
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