Beggiatoa
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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
- A taxonomic genus within the family Beggiatoaceae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae.
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
