Spirochaeta

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q7578174
Spirochaeta
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Spirochaeta

Summary

Spirochaeta is a taxon[1]. Spirochaeta ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spirochaeta's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Spirochaeta is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Spirochaeta belongs to the parent taxon Spirochaetaceae[5].
  • Spirochaeta's scientific name is Spirochaeta[6].
  • Spirochaeta's Commons category is recorded as Spirochaeta[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Spirochaeta is Spirochaeta plicatilis[8].
  • Spirochaeta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • Spirochaeta's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/spirochaeta[10].
  • Spirochaeta's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[11].
  • Spirochaeta's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Spirochaetota[12].
  • Spirochaeta's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Spirochaetia[13].
  • Spirochaeta's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Spirochaetales[14].
  • Spirochaeta's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Spirochaetaceae[15].

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Classification

Spirochaeta's scientific name is Spirochaeta[6]. Spirochaeta is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Spirochaeta is classified within Spirochaetaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Spirochaeta is Spirochaeta plicatilis[8].

Identifiers

Spirochaeta's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356570[16]. Spirochaeta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 146[17]. Spirochaeta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83191[18]. Spirochaeta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3228138[19]. Spirochaeta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 544[20].

Why It Matters

Spirochaeta ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Spirochaeta has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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