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Staphylococcus aureus

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q188121
Staphylococcus aureus
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Summary

Staphylococcus aureus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,213 views/month, #964 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Staphylococcus[4]
  • Taxon name: Staphylococcus aureus[5]
  • Commons category: Staphylococcus aureus[6]
  • Review score: 1.5/5[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Staphylococcus aureus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Staphylococcus aureus[9]
  • Has effect: hordeolum[10]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/staphylococcus-aureus[11]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[13]

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Identifiers

Staphylococcus aureus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 486586[14]. Staphylococcus aureus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1280[15]. Staphylococcus aureus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2486313[16]. Staphylococcus aureus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3227657[17]. Staphylococcus aureus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 369[18].

Why It Matters

Staphylococcus aureus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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] ↑ . wnycstudios.org. wnycstudios.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → WpSDm
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  2. 20w 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 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531596905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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