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About WikiProject Microbiology This Wikiproject aims to organize efforts to improve microbiology-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to help, feel free to add yourself to the list of participants, or have a look at the How you can help section below. You don't need to know anything about microbiology to help! Scope This project aims to cover all areas of microbiology including: bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, viruses, microbiologists, microbiological methods and concepts, microbiology equipment, microscopy, and other microbiology-related topics. Similar WikiProjects Parentage WikiProject Science WikiProject Biology WikiProject Tree of Life WikiProject Microbiology WikiProject Viruses WikiProject AIDS WikiProject COVID-19 WikiProject Fungi WikiProject Molecular Biology Portals Science Biology Microbiology Viruses Category tree WikiProject Microbiology articles Microbiology articles by importance Microbiology articles by quality Microbiology articles needing attention How you can help Improve articles We have over 10,000 articles listed as "stubs", pick your favorite and start adding more info! Nearly 20% of all Microbiology articles are tagged with some concern! These mark areas for improvement. Feel free to post on the talk page if you need a hand! Improve articles to GA! Check new articles added to our project! Start new articles Pick your favorite protein/microbe/microbiology-related thing and start a new article! If you need a hand, post on the talk page! Discuss Join in discussing proposals on the talk page. Any ideas are always welcome! Improve the project itself Assist in public relations and outreach by recruiting editors interested in microbiology to contribute. A bot-generated list of users active on microbiology pages is here! Categorise microbiology related articles Label articles of interest to the project by putting the banner template on the talk pages of all articles of interest to microbiology. Categorise articles by adding them to the appropriate microbiology categories as shown to right. Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Cleanup : Sterilisation (microbiology), Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus Expand : Antimicrobial, Colony-forming unit, Microbiologist, Lactobacillus, Lactic acid bacteria, Escherichia coli, Indicator bacteria, Yersinia pestis Merge : Bacterial cellular morphologies: (Coccus, Diplococcus, Coccobacillus, Bacilli, etc) Coliform Index into Faecal coliforms Merge and redirect all Alga stub basionyms Split : Mycoplasma Stubs : Category:Microbiology stubs, but also... Telonemia, Morganella morganii, Chaetoceros coarctatus, Roseofilum reptotaenium, Rhabdosphaera clavigera Other : Get to GA class: Mould, Yersinia pestis, Category:B-Class Microbiology articles Get to FA class: Escherichia coli, Yeast, Category:GA-Class_Microbiology_articles edit this list edit this panel	WikiProject Microbiology Project standards Portal: Biology Portal Shortcuts: WP:MICRO Project template: {{WikiProject Micro}} Member userbox: {{User WikiProject Micro}} Category Navigation Microbiology Branches of microbiology Microbiologists Microorganisms Antimicrobials Applied microbiology Microbiology awards Biomagnetics Environmental microbiology Microbiology equipment Eukaryotic microbiology Food microbiology Geomicrobiology History of microbiology Infectious diseases Microbiology literature Microbial metabolism Microbial growth and nutrition Microbial population biology Microbiology organizations Microbiology techniques Microbiology terms Parasitology Secretion Microbiology stubs Our sister projects Images and media from Commons Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary Textbooks from Wikibooks Quotations from Wikiquote Source texts from Wikisource News stories from Wikinews Learning resources from Wikiversity edit this panel
	Microbiology articles by quality statics Microbiology articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 5 5 10 FM 15 15 GA 9 14 7 18 1 49 B 36 56 56 106 6 260 C 22 98 326 836 49 1,331 Start 6 77 358 1,694 98 2,233 Stub 10 115 11,690 3 34 11,852 List 3 6 13 46 1 4 73 Category 1,053 1,053 Disambig 35 35 File 17 17 Portal 2 2 Project 14 14 Redirect 3 18 467 815 1,303 Template 4,854 4,854 NA 1 1 Other 1 26 27 Assessed 81 269 893 14,858 6,836 192 23,129 Unassessed 27 27 Total 81 269 893 14,858 6,836 219 23,156 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 89,300 Ω = 5.62
Microbiology articles by quality log Absicoccus (talk) removed. Absicoccus porci (talk) removed. Acetatifactor aquisgranensis (talk) removed. Actinobacillus minor (talk) removed. Actinomyces urogenitalis (talk) removed. Aerococcus kribbianus (talk) removed. Aerococcus suis (talk) removed. Aerococcus urinaeequi (talk) removed. Allocoprococcus (talk) removed. Aminicella (talk) removed. Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens (talk) removed. Anaerobutyricum (talk) removed. Anaerobutyricum soehngenii (talk) removed. Anaerostipes faecalis (talk) removed. Aristaeella (talk) removed. Avibacterium paragallinarum (talk) removed. Bibersteinia trehalosi (talk) removed. Bifidobacterium boum (talk) removed. Bifidobacterium globosum (talk) removed. Bifidobacterium mongoliense (talk) removed. Bilifractor (talk) removed. Blautia celeris (talk) removed. Blautia fusiformis (talk) removed. Bovifimicola (talk) removed. Butyricicoccus porcorum (talk) removed. Chordicoccus (talk) removed. Clostridium nitritogenes (talk) removed. Clostridium porci (talk) removed. Clostridium thermobutyricum (talk) removed. Corynebacterium camporealensis (talk) removed. Corynebacterium freneyi (talk) removed. Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum (talk) removed. Dialister histaminiformans (talk) removed. Dysosmobacter (talk) removed. Dysosmobacter welbionis (talk) removed. Ellagibacter (talk) removed. Ellagibacter isourolithinifaciens (talk) removed. Enterobacter hormaechei (talk) removed. Enterococcus cecorum (talk) removed. Enterococcus dispar (talk) removed. Exercitatus (talk) removed. Faecalicoccus (talk) removed. Fibrobacteraceae (talk) removed. Flavobacterium rivulicola (talk) removed. Floccifex (talk) removed. Floccifex porci (talk) removed. Frisingicoccus (talk) removed. Fusicatenibacter (talk) removed. Glaesserella (talk) removed. Glaesserella parasuis (talk) removed. Gordonibacter (talk) removed. Gordonibacter pamelaeae (talk) removed. Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens (talk) removed. Hallerella (talk) removed. Holdemanella (talk) removed. Holdemanella biformis (talk) removed. Holdemanella porci (talk) removed. Hominenteromicrobium (talk) removed. Hominimerdicola (talk) removed. Hominimerdicola alba (talk) removed. Hornefia (talk) removed. Inconstantimicrobium (talk) removed. Intestinibaculum (talk) removed. Intestinibaculum porci (talk) removed. Kosakonia (talk) removed. Lactiplantibacillus argentoratensis (talk) removed. Lactobacillus amylovorus (talk) removed. Laedolimicola (talk) removed. Latilactobacillus curvatus (talk) removed. Lelliottia (talk) removed. Lentihominibacter (talk) removed. Ligilactobacillus agilis (talk) removed. Ligilactobacillus ruminis (talk) removed. Ligilactobacillus saerimneri (talk) removed. Limosilactobacillus coleohominis (talk) removed. Lonepinella koalarum (talk) removed. Mannheimia bovis (talk) removed. Mannheimia glucosida (talk) removed. Mannheimia granulomatis (talk) removed. Mannheimia haemolytica (talk) removed. Mannheimia indoligenes (talk) removed. Mannheimia pernigra (talk) removed. Mediterraneibacter (talk) removed. Methanomethylophilus (talk) removed. Methanomethylophilus alvi (talk) removed. Mobiluncus porci (talk) removed. Muricomes (talk) removed. Negativibacillus (talk) removed. Oliverpabstia (talk) removed. Olsenella absiana (talk) removed. Olsenella kribbiana (talk) removed. Olsenella porci (talk) removed. Paratractidigestivibacter (talk) removed. Paratractidigestivibacter faecalis (talk) removed. Pelistega suis (talk) removed. Peptoniphilus faecalis (talk) removed. Peptostreptococcales (talk) removed. Phocaeicola abscessus (talk) removed. Phocaeicola faecicola (talk) removed. Porcincola (talk) removed. Prevotella communis (talk) removed. Prevotella lacticifex (talk) removed. Prevotella ruminicola (talk) removed. Pseudoscardovia (talk) removed. Pseudoscardovia radai (talk) removed. Pseudoscardovia suis (talk) removed. Pseudoselenomonas (talk) removed. Pyramidobacter porci (talk) removed. Rodentibacter (talk) removed. Romboutsia (talk) removed. Romboutsia timonensis (talk) removed. Rothia aerolata (talk) removed. Rothia endophytica (talk) removed. Rothia nasimurium (talk) removed. Rothia nasisuis (talk) removed. Ruthenibacterium (talk) removed. Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans (talk) removed. Sharpea azabuensis (talk) removed. Sodaliphilus (talk) removed. Sodaliphilus pleomorphus (talk) removed. Sphaerotilaceae (talk) removed. Spirabiliibacterium (talk) removed. Staphylococcus pasteuri (talk) removed. Streptococcus alactolyticus (talk) removed. Streptococcus hyovaginalis (talk) removed. Streptococcus parasuis (talk) removed. Streptococcus pluranimalium (talk) removed. Streptococcus porcinus (talk) removed. Streptococcus porcorum (talk) removed. Streptococcus ruminicola (talk) removed. Streptococcus thoraltensis (talk) removed. Succinivibrio (talk) removed. Tractidigestivibacter (talk) removed. Turicibacter bilis (talk) removed. Veillonella caviae (talk) removed. Vibrio kanaloae (talk) removed. Weissella paramesenteroides (talk) removed. Zhenhengia (talk) removed. Zhenhengia yiwuensis (talk) removed. Template:Taxonomy/Abyssibacter (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Importance. (rev · t) Template:Taxonomy/Algiphilaceae (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Importance. (rev · t) Template:Taxonomy/Algiphilus (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Importance. (rev · t) Template:Taxonomy/Banduia (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Importance. (rev · t) Template:Taxonomy/Changpingibacter (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Importance. (rev · t) Template:Taxonomy/Corallibacterium (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. 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Victivallis (talk) removed. Imbricatea (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Benjamin tenOever (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Importance. (rev · t) Meiothermus ruber (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Importance. (rev · t) Thiomicrospira siberica renamed to Thiomicrospira sibirica. Lipid II (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t) Thioalkalimicrobium (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Thiomicrospira (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Importance. (rev · t) Pseudomonas carboxydohydrogena renamed to Afipia carboxydohydrogena. Pelobacteraceae (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Low-Importance to NA-Importance. (rev · t)
Writing guides Taxon names Candidatus higher taxa should not have the word Candidatus (or the abbreviation Ca.) in their names. For example, "Hodarchaeales" is the correct usage while "Candidatus Hodarchaeales" or "Ca. Hodarchaeales" are wrong. Candidatus genera and species should have Candidatus in their names. Other taxa should not have Candidatus in their names. Article titles Articles about taxa should not have quotes or Candidatus in their titles. Participants To join the group simply add yourself to the list of participants, being sure to maintain alphabetical order. Inviting users {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Microbiology/Invitation}} can be used to invite users to the project.
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• 24 Sep 2026 – Pseudoselenomonas (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Fibrobacteraceae (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Allocoprococcus (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Lentihominibacter (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Aminicella (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Hominimerdicola alba (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Hominimerdicola (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Mediterraneibacter (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
• 24 Sep 2026 – Bovifimicola (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c): concern
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• 24 Sep 2026 – Nursing care plan for tuberculosis (talk · edit · hist) →Tuberculosis was RfDed by Myceteae (t · c); see discussion

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• 28 Dec 2025 – Centrohelid (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Snoteleks (t · c); start discussion

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• 01 May 2026 – Smallpox (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

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• 19 Aug 2026 – SrnB-SrnC toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to SrnB–SrnC toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – DinQ-agrB toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to DinQ–agrB toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion

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• 22 Apr 2026 – Campylobacter jejuni (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2023 – Gram-negative bacteria (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2023 – Gram-positive bacteria (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Oct 2023 – Tetrahymena (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tom.Reding (t · c); see discussion

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• 22 Sep 2026 – Draft:Global Microbiome Conservancy (GMbC) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lars Bädeker (t · c)
• 08 Apr 2026 – Draft:Mirko Bischofberger (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Quaenuncabibis (t · c)
• 27 Sep 2026 – Draft:Benjamin tenOever (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) was declined

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