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
- A taxonomic genus within the family Beggiatoaceae. [from 1894]
- A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae. [from 2005]
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Thiotrichales - order; Thiotrichaceae - family
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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Beggiatoa at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Beggiatoa at World Register of Marine Species