Thiomargarita

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulphur”) + μαργᾰρῑ́της (margarī́tēs, “pearl”)

Proper noun

Thiomargarita f

A taxonomic genus within the family Thiotrichaceae – a marine bacterium - the largest bacterium known.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Thiotrichales - order; Thiotrichaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Thiomargarita joergensii, Thiomargarita magnifica, Thiomargarita namibiensis, Thiomargarita nelsonii

Coordinate terms

(genus in Thiotrichaceae): Achromatium, Beggiatoa, Cocleimonas, Leucothrix, Thiobacterium, Thioploca, Thiospira, Thiothrix - genera

References

Thiomargarita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thiomargarita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Thiomargarita on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Thiomargarita at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Thiomargarita at Encyclopedia of Life
Thiomargarita at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Thiomargarita at World Register of Marine Species

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