Beggiatoa

Translingual

Etymology

Named in 1842 after the Italian medic and botanist F. S. Beggiato.

Proper noun

Beggiatoa f

Certain bacteria living in sulfur-rich environments
1. A taxonomic genus within the family Beggiatoaceae. [from 1894]
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae. [from 2005]

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Thiotrichales - order; Thiotrichaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Beggiatoa alba - type species; Beggiatoa leptomitoformis - other species

Coordinate terms

(genus in Thiotrichaceae): Achromatium, Cocleimonas, Leucothrix, Thiobacterium, Thiomargarita, Thioploca, Thiospira, Thiothrix - genera

Derived terms

References

Beggiatoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thiotrichaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Beggiatoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Beggiatoa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Beggiatoa at Encyclopedia of Life
Beggiatoa at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Beggiatoa at World Register of Marine Species

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