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; 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 Category: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