Spirillum

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q69598
Spirillum
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Spirillum

Summary

Spirillum is a taxon[1]. Spirillum ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spirillum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Spirillum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Spirillum belongs to the parent taxon Spirillaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Spirillum is Spirillum[6].
  • Spirillum's Commons category is recorded as Spirillum[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Spirillum is Spirillum volutans[8].
  • Spirillum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • Spirillum's LPSN URL is recorded as http://www.bacterio.net/spirillum.html[10].
  • Spirillum's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[11].
  • Spirillum's homonymous taxon is recorded as Spirillum[12].
  • Spirillum's homonymous taxon is recorded as Spirillum[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Spirillum is Spirillum[6]. Spirillum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Spirillum is classified within Spirillaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Spirillum is Spirillum volutans[8].

Identifiers

Spirillum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 967[14]. Spirillum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 97932[15]. Spirillum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3220355[16]. Spirillum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 86[17].

Why It Matters

Spirillum ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month, #1,583 of 195,241).[2] Spirillum has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Spirillum is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . LPSN. Retrieved . 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. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type Spirillum volutans
    Gram staining gram-negative bacteria
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of
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