Sphingomonas

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q3815551
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Sphingomonas

Summary

Sphingomonas is a taxon[1]. Sphingomonas ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month, #1,602 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sphingomonas's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sphingomonas is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sphingomonas is classified within Sphingomonadaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sphingomonas is Sphingomonas[6].
  • The taxonomic type of Sphingomonas is Sphingomonas paucimobilis[7].
  • Sphingomonas's LPSN URL is recorded as http://www.bacterio.net/sphingomonas.html[8].
  • Sphingomonas's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[9].

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Classification

Sphingomonas's scientific name is Sphingomonas[6]. Sphingomonas is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sphingomonas is classified within Sphingomonadaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Sphingomonas is Sphingomonas paucimobilis[7].

Identifiers

Sphingomonas's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356574[10]. Sphingomonas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13687[11]. Sphingomonas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3221354[12]. Sphingomonas's ITIS TSN is recorded as 958137[13].

Why It Matters

Sphingomonas ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month, #1,602 of 195,241).[2] Sphingomonas has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Proposals of Sphingomonas paucimobilis gen. nov. and comb. nov., Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis sp. nov., Sphingomonas yanoikuyae sp. nov., Sphingomonas adhaesiva sp. nov., Sphingomonas capsulata comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingomo. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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