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; Gamma Proteobacteria - 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 edit
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
