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Streptococcus mutans

species of bacterium
Taxon taxon Q131452
Streptococcus mutans
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Summary

Streptococcus mutans is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,253 views/month, #1,357 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Streptococcus[4]
  • Taxon name: Streptococcus mutans[5]
  • Commons category: Streptococcus mutans[6]
  • Short name: S. mutans[7]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/streptococcus-mutans[8]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[9]

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Identifiers

Streptococcus mutans's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 540949[10]. Streptococcus mutans's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1309[11]. Streptococcus mutans's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 975361[12]. Streptococcus mutans's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3227119[13]. Streptococcus mutans's ITIS TSN is recorded as 966483[14].

Why It Matters

Streptococcus mutans has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 29
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', '
    Taxon author citation → Clarke 1924
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Clarke 1924, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → taxon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538833605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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