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Staphylococcus aureus

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q188121
Staphylococcus aureus
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Staphylococcus aureus

Summary

Staphylococcus aureus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,956 views/month, #964 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Staphylococcus aureus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Staphylococcus aureus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Staphylococcus aureus belongs to the parent taxon Staphylococcus[5].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's scientific name is Staphylococcus aureus[6].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's Commons category is recorded as Staphylococcus aureus[7].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's review score is recorded as 1.5/5[8].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Staphylococcus aureus[9].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's Commons gallery is recorded as Staphylococcus aureus[10].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's has effect is recorded as hordeolum[11].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/staphylococcus-aureus[12].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[13].
  • Staphylococcus aureus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Staphylococcus aureus is Staphylococcus aureus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Staphylococcus[5].

Identifiers

Staphylococcus aureus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 486586[15]. Staphylococcus aureus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1280[16]. Staphylococcus aureus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2486313[17]. Staphylococcus aureus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3227657[18]. Staphylococcus aureus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 369[19].

Why It Matters

Staphylococcus aureus ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,956 views/month, #964 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] ↑ . wnycstudios.org. wnycstudios.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Staphylococcus
    Has effect → hordeolum
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531596905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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