Beggiatoa
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named in 1842 after the Italian medic and botanist F. S. Beggiato.
Proper noun
[edit]Beggiatoa f
- Certain bacteria living in sulfur-rich environments
- A taxonomic genus within the family Beggiatoaceae. [from 1894]
- A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae. [from 2005]
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Thiotrichales – order; Thiotrichaceae – family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Beggiatoa alba - type species; Beggiatoa leptomitoformis - other species
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (genus in Thiotrichaceae): Achromatium, Cocleimonas, Leucothrix, Thiobacterium, Thiomargarita, Thioploca, Thiospira, Thiothrix - genera
Derived terms
[edit]- Candidatus Allobeggiato
- Candidatus Halobeggiatoa
- Candidatus Isobeggiatoa
- Candidatus Maribeggiatoa
- Candidatus Parabeggiatoa
References
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Beggiatoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Thiotrichaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Beggiatoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Beggiatoa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Beggiatoa at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Beggiatoa at World Register of Marine Species
