"Bacteria" meaning in All languages combined

See Bacteria on Wiktionary

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|βακτήριον||small staff}} Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=|g2=|head=|nogendercat=1}} Bacteria
  1. (in some three-domain systems) A taxonomic domain comprising the single kingdom also called Bacteria, containing about 25 phyla.
    Sense id: en-Bacteria-mul-name-3UtFB6OA Categories (other): Bacteria Disambiguation of Bacteria: 69 31 Derived forms: Acidobacteria (english: phylum) [class], Actinobacteria, Archaebacteria, Bacteroidetes (english: phylum) [class], Cyanobacteria (english: phylum) [class], Deferribacteres (english: phylum) [class], Eubacteria, Fusobacteria (english: phylum) [class], Omnibacteria (alt: unaccepted), Proteobacteria, Thermodesulfobacteria (english: phylum, class, division)
  2. (in the two-empire or two-superkingdom systems) A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota – single-cell organisms (the bacteria); once divided into the Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. Coordinate_terms (kingdom in Prokaryota): Archaea
    Sense id: en-Bacteria-mul-name-Z6X9mBpi Categories (other): Taxonomic names (kingdom), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (domain) Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Taxonomic names (domain): 31 69 Hyponyms ((kingdom): Negibacteria, Posibacteria – subkingdoms): Acidobacteriota (english: syn. Acidobacteria), Armatimonadota (alt: syn. Aquificae), Armatimonadetes, Bacteroidetes, Caldiserica, Chlamydiae, Chlorobi, Chrysiogenetes, Cyanobacteria, Deferribacteres, Deinococcus-Thermus, Dictyoglomi, Elusimicrobia, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Nitrospira, Planctomycetes, Pseudomonadota (english: syn. Proteobacteria), Spirochaetae, Synergistetes, Thermodesulfobacteria, Thermotogae, Verrucomicrobia (english: phyla in Negibacteria), Actinomycetota (alt: syn. Actinobacteria), Chloroflexota (english: syn. Chloroflexi), Bacillota (english: syn. Firmicutes), Tenericutes (english: phyla in Posibacteria) Disambiguation of '(kingdom): Negibacteria, Posibacteria – subkingdoms': 41 59 Disambiguation of 'kingdom in Prokaryota': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (kingdom): Eubacteria
Disambiguation of 'kingdom': 47 53
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