Toxoplasma gondii
obligate intracellular parasitic protozoan that causes toxoplasmosis
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Summary
Toxoplasma gondii is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,636 views/month, #595 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Toxoplasma[4]
- Taxon name: Toxoplasma gondii[5]
- Commons category: Toxoplasma[6]
- Original combination: Leishmania gondii[7]
- Has effect: toxoplasmosis[8]
- Short name: T. gondii[9]
- Taxon common name: トキソプラズマ[10]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[11]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_ari_gca_000250965[12], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii[13], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_vand_gca_000224845[14], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_gt1_gca_000149715[15], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_tgcatprc2_gca_000256725[16], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_gca_000256705[17], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_rub_gca_000224805[18], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_fou_gca_000224905[19], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_mas_gca_000224865[20], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_tgcatbr9_gca_000224825[21], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_coug_gca_000338675[22], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_veg_gca_000150015[23], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_p89_gca_000224885[24], https://protists.ensembl.org/Toxoplasma_gondii_gab2_2007_gal_dom2_gca_000325525[25]
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Identifiers
Toxoplasma gondii's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 366905[26]. Toxoplasma gondii's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5811[27]. Toxoplasma gondii's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2908714[28]. Toxoplasma gondii's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8014281[29].
Why It Matters
Toxoplasma gondii has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]