Wikipedia:WikiProject Microbiology

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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 55 56 104 6 257 C 22 98 320 818 44 1,302 Start 6 78 359 1,680 95 2,218 Stub 10 115 11,728 3 35 11,891 List 3 5 13 43 1 4 69 Category 1,043 1,043 Disambig 35 35 File 17 17 Portal 2 2 Project 14 14 Redirect 3 19 458 788 1,268 Template 1,775 1,775 NA 2 2 Other 1 24 25 Assessed 81 269 889 14,849 3,719 185 19,992 Unassessed 28 28 Total 81 269 889 14,849 3,719 213 20,020 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 88,513 Ω = 5.63
Microbiology articles by quality log April 22, 2026 Renamed Wallaceina raviniae renamed to Wallacemonas raviniae. Assessed Abiotrophia defectiva (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) Wallacemonas raviniae (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Removed Draft:Focal Infections Causes Hypertension Atherosclerosis Heart Disease Nephropathy Diabetes Aneurysm Thyroiditis And Vasculitis (talk) removed. April 21, 2026 Renamed Draft:Viscidocauda repens renamed to Viscidocauda repens. Reassessed Pantoea piersonii (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t) Assessed Viscidocauda (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) Removed Amycolatopsis mediterranei (talk) removed. April 20, 2026 Reassessed DH5-Alpha Cell (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Protosterol biota (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) April 19, 2026 Assessed Brevibacillus laterosporus (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Minorisa minuta (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Purificación López-García (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) April 18, 2026 Assessed Flamella (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Melissococcus plutonius (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Plasmopara nivea (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) April 17, 2026 Reassessed Delvotest (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Assessed Methanosarcina mazei (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Soliformovum expulsum (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) April 16, 2026 Renamed Abiotrophia balaenopterae renamed to Granulicatella balaenopterae. Assessed Granulicatella balaenopterae (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (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.
Templates Template type What to type What it makes Userbox {{User WikiProject Micro}} This user is a participant in WikiProject Microbiology. Barnstar {{Microbiology Barnstar}} Microbiology barnstar {{{1}}} Stub Microbiology {{Microbiology-stub}} Stub Bacteria {{Bacteria-stub}} Stub Archaea {{Archaea-stub}} Stub Yeast {{Yeast-stub}} Stub Protist {{Protist-stub}} Stub Virus {{Virus-stub}} Taxobox {{Automatic taxobox}} click here to see how to use Most popular pages Wikipedia:WikiProject Microbiology/Popular pages Project banner The project banner is {{WikiProject Microbiology}}, and should be placed on the talk page of articles within the scope of this WikiProject. See the template page for usage instructions.

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• 04 Apr 2026 – Burkholderia singaporensis (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Owl2130947 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Goldsztajn (t · c) on 12 Apr 2026; see discussion (5 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 09 Apr 2026 – Streptococcosis (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by TiredKitty (t · c) was deproded by Cyclopia (t · c) on 10 Apr 2026
• 15 Feb 2026 – Institut de microbiologie et des maladies infectieuses (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Randykitty (t · c) was deleted

Redirects for discussion

• 17 Apr 2026 – Streptococcosis II (talk · edit · hist) →Streptococcus was RfDed by Myceteae (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Apr 2026 – Streptococcus gallolyticus (talk · edit · hist) →Streptococcus 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
• 27 Mar 2026 – Protist (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Snoteleks (t · c) was promoted, see discussion

Requested moves

• 18 Apr 2026 – Nebulidia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Ancoracystidae by Jako96 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2026 – Nibbleridia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Nibbleridae by Jako96 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2026 – Telonemia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Telonemidae by Jako96 (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2026 – Diplonemidae (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Diplonemida by Jako96 (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Mar 2026 – Cryptomonad (talk · edit · hist) move request to Cryptophyte by Jako96 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

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• 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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• 13 Apr 2026 – Draft:Indranil Biswas (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bacteriophile (t · c)
• 08 Apr 2026 – Draft:Mirko Bischofberger (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Quaenuncabibis (t · c)
• 13 Mar 2026 – Draft:Henrik Drake (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jbegnt (t · c)
• 28 Jan 2026 – Draft:Marvin Whiteley (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Microbiology ATL (t · c)
• 18 Apr 2026 – Draft:Brevibacillus laterosporus (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by DowntownUgarit (t · c) was accepted to Brevibacillus laterosporus (talk · edit · hist) by Theroadislong (t · c) on 18 Apr 2026
• 29 Mar 2026 – Draft:Amycolatopsis mediterranei (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by True-Crane-Fly (t · c) was accepted to Amycolatopsis mediterranei (talk · edit · hist) by Ozzie10aaaa (t · c) on 30 Mar 2026
• 21 Mar 2026 – Draft:Ophrydiidae (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by TheMadMushroom (t · c) was declined by RangersRus (t · c) on 22 Mar 2026
• 28 Feb 2026 – Draft:MSphere (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Toxoguy (t · c) was declined by Pythoncoder (t · c) on 01 Mar 2026
• 24 Feb 2026 – Draft:Thomas M. Schmidt (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by ~2026-12300-40 (t · c) was deleted
• 03 Feb 2026 – Draft:Arnab Pain (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Rohit.satyam.kaust (t · c) was declined by Nighfidelity (t · c) on 10 Apr 2026

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