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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 13 7 18 47 B 36 55 56 97 5 249 C 22 98 311 771 23 1,225 Start 6 80 350 1,499 72 2,007 Stub 12 120 11,667 1 12 11,812 List 3 5 12 41 1 4 66 Category 1,008 1,008 Disambig 35 35 File 17 17 Portal 2 2 Project 14 14 Redirect 3 18 457 708 1,186 Template 1,804 1,804 NA 4 4 Other 18 18 Assessed 81 271 874 14,550 3,627 116 19,519 Unassessed 6 1 54 61 Total 81 271 874 14,556 3,628 170 19,580 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 86,648 Ω = 5.64
Microbiology articles by quality log May 30, 2025 Assessed Fidelibacter (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Jarrellia (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Sarah E. Evans (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Susan M. Butler-Wu (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) May 29, 2025 Assessed Entosiphon (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) Giuseppe Bertani (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) Microcaldus (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Draft:RespirTek, Inc. (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) May 27, 2025 Renamed Andalucia (genus) renamed to Andalucia godoyi. Astracantha (protist) renamed to Astracantha. Astro microbiology renamed to Astromicrobiology. Draft:Bertha Isabelle Barker renamed to Bertha Isabelle Barker. Bodo (excavate) renamed to Bodo (genus). Dientamoeba fragilis renamed to Dientamoeba. Diplonema (excavate) renamed to Diplonema. Dolichospermum flosaquae renamed to Dolichospermum flos-aquae. Histomonas meleagridis renamed to Histomonas. Kinetoplastida renamed to Kinetoplastid. Melainabacteria renamed to Candidatus Melainabacteria. Mixotricha paradoxa renamed to Mixotricha. Plasmopara pygmaea renamed to Plasmoverna pygmaea. Draft:Pocheina rosea renamed to Pocheina rosea. Draft:Virome analysis renamed to Virome analysis. Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria renamed to Bacterial leaf spot of peppers and tomato. Xanthomonas perforans renamed to Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. perforans. Xanthomonas pruni renamed to Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni. Reassessed Cocoa bean fermentation (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to B-Class. (rev · t) Hildred Mary Butler (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Methylobacterium (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Nucleariid (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to GA-Class. (rev · t) Peter Piot (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t) Prochlorophyta (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Category:Protista (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Roseobacter (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Xanthomonas campestris (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Assessed Andalucia godoyi (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Astracantha (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Astromicrobiology (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as High-Class. (rev · t) Bacterial leaf spot of peppers and tomato (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Bodo (genus) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Brachymonas (bacteria) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Caldilinea aerophila (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Candidatus Melainabacteria (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Cyanobacteriota (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Desulfobotulus sapovorans (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Dientamoeba (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t) Diplonema (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Template:Discoba (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Dolichospermum flos-aquae (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Eikenella (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Esteya (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Galeripora (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Glissandra (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Gloeobacterales (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Glossary of protistology (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Histomonas (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Isaura Meza (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Jeffrey H. Miller (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) Kinetoplastid (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t) Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Template:Metamonada (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Mitochondrion-related organelle (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) Mixotricha (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Nematodinium (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Niallia tiangongensis (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Oslo study (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Phytophtora (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Plasmoverna pygmaea (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Prochlorothrix (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Pseudomonas extremaustralis (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Raw milk (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Template:Taxonomy/"Candidatus Melainabacteria" (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Thelma Perry (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Tomasiella immunophila (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. perforans (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Removed Brachymonas (talk) removed. Category:Enigmatic bikont taxa (talk) removed. Category:Excavata taxa (talk) removed. Kat Milligan-McClellan (talk) removed. Draft:Pseudomonas (talk) removed. Draft:Sarah E. Evans (talk) removed. Template:Taxonomy/Melainabacteria (talk) removed.
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• 19 May 2025 – Nucleariid (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Snoteleks (t · c); see discussion

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• 08 May 2025 – Kat Milligan-McClellan (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ldm1954 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 15 May 2025; see discussion (7 participants)
• 18 Apr 2025 – Huygens Software (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Clenpr (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 28 Apr 2025; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 16 Apr 2025 – Layered Image File Format (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Clenpr (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 23 Apr 2025; see discussion (5 participants)
• 29 Mar 2025 – Robert David Siegel (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bonadea (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 05 Apr 2025; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 28 Mar 2025 – Camera, hand lens, and microscope probe (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anerdw (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 13 Apr 2025; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)

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• 21 May 2025 – Unclassified Bradyrhizobium (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Plantdrew (t · c) was deproded by Kvng (t · c) on 27 May 2025
• 03 Apr 2025 – Korarchaeota (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Jako96 (t · c) was deproded by Elmidae (t · c) on 04 Apr 2025
• 30 Mar 2025 – Huygens Software (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 84.78.242.159 (t · c) was deproded by A. B. (t · c) on 02 Apr 2025
• 30 Mar 2025 – Layered Image File Format (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 90.167.219.239 (t · c) was deproded by A. B. (t · c) on 01 Apr 2025

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• 26 Mar 2025 – Category:Trinidad and Tobago bacteriologists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by LibStar (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 26 Mar 2025 – Category:Moldovan bacteriologists (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by LibStar (t · c) was closed; see discussion

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• 25 May 2025 – Vampyrellidium (talk · edit · hist) →Vampyrellidae was RfDed by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 24 May 2025 – Diplonemea (talk · edit · hist) →Diplonemidae was RfDed by Alfa-ketosav (t · c); see discussion

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• 10 May 2025 – Nucleariid (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Snoteleks (t · c) was promoted by ZKevinTheCat (t · c), see discussion

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• 02 Apr 2025 – Fusobacteriota (talk · edit · hist) move request to Fusobacteriati by Jako96 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 02 Apr 2025 – Asgard (Archaea) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Promethearchaeati by Jako96 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
• 01 Apr 2025 – Thermotogae (talk · edit · hist) move request to Thermotogota by Jako96 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

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• 03 May 2025 – Chlamydophila (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Chlamydia (genus) by Artoria2e5 (t · c) was closed; 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
• 17 Nov 2023 – Mycoplasma (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Oct 2021 – Tetrahymena (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by CycoMa (t · c); see discussion

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• 02 Apr 2025 – Draft:Shinji Fukuda (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BabylonianBanana (t · c)
• 30 Mar 2025 – Draft:Diana Walstad (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Eternalsadshine (t · c)
• 05 Mar 2025 – Draft:Mohammad Nodargah (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Simonirani (t · c)
• 21 May 2025 – Draft:Esteya (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by DavidPires89 (t · c) was accepted to Esteya (talk · edit · hist) by Tarlby (t · c) on 26 May 2025
• 20 May 2025 – User:Chrys.arsena/sandbox (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Chrys.arsena (t · c) was declined by ToadetteEdit (t · c) on 20 May 2025
• 19 May 2025 – Draft:Tomasiella immunophila (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 2600:1700:2620:F8F0:84B8:BD1B:8E03:1A49 (t · c) was accepted to Tomasiella immunophila (talk · edit · hist) by Ozzie10aaaa (t · c) on 20 May 2025
• 18 May 2025 – Draft:Desulfobotulus sapovorans (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Brekynr (t · c) was declined by Tarlby (t · c) on 26 May 2025
• 02 May 2025 – Draft:Pocheina rosea (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 64.82.160.121 (t · c) was accepted to Pocheina rosea (talk · edit · hist) by Ozzie10aaaa (t · c) on 18 May 2025
• 30 Apr 2025 – Draft:Endostelium zonatum (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Ariellehooper (t · c) was accepted to Endostelium zonatum (talk · edit · hist) by ScrabbleTiles (t · c) on 01 May 2025
• 10 Apr 2025 – Draft:Magdelena Osburn (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Merielle.15 (t · c) was declined by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (t · c) on 17 Apr 2025

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