Streptococcus

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q190161
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Streptococcus

Summary

Streptococcus is a taxon[1]. Streptococcus ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,098 views/month, #1,013 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Streptococcus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Streptococcus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Streptococcus is classified within Streptococcaceae[5].
  • Streptococcus's scientific name is Streptococcus[6].
  • Streptococcus's Commons category is recorded as Streptococcus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Streptococcus is Streptococcus pyogenes[8].
  • Streptococcus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Streptococcus[9].
  • Streptococcus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Streptococcus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Streptococcus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Streptococcus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[13].
  • Streptococcus's LPSN URL is recorded as http://www.bacterio.net/streptococcus.html[14].
  • Streptococcus's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria[15].
  • Streptococcus's habitat is recorded as human saliva[16].
  • Streptococcus's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/streptococcus[17].

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Classification

Streptococcus's scientific name is Streptococcus[6]. Streptococcus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Streptococcus is classified within Streptococcaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Streptococcus is Streptococcus pyogenes[8].

Identifiers

Streptococcus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 130854[18]. Streptococcus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1301[19]. Streptococcus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83234[20]. Streptococcus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3223465[21]. Streptococcus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 439[22].

Why It Matters

Streptococcus ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,098 views/month, #1,013 of 195,241).[2] Streptococcus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Streptococcus is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Preliminary analysis of salivary microbiome and their potential roles in oral lichen planus. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Habitat human saliva
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