Beggiatoa

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Beggiatoa f

1. 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; Gammaproteobacteria - 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

• Candidatus Allobeggiato
• Candidatus Halobeggiatoa
• Candidatus Isobeggiatoa
• Candidatus Maribeggiatoa
• Candidatus Parabeggiatoa

References

• 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