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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 48 B 36 54 56 104 6 256 C 22 100 315 796 33 1,266 Start 6 78 358 1,644 81 2,167 Stub 11 116 11,720 2 26 11,875 List 3 5 12 43 1 4 68 Category 1,035 1,035 Disambig 35 35 File 17 17 Portal 2 2 Project 14 14 Redirect 3 19 459 771 1,252 Template 1,777 1,777 NA 4 4 Other 1 23 24 Assessed 81 271 883 14,784 3,696 150 19,865 Unassessed 42 42 Total 81 271 883 14,784 3,696 192 19,907 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 88,013 Ω = 5.63
Microbiology articles by quality log November 2, 2025 Renamed Promethearchaeia renamed to Promethearchaeaceae. Reassessed Ammodiscoidea (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Low-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t) Megaklothovirus horridgei (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t) Promethearchaeaceae (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to Mid-Class. (rev · t) Assessed Postbiotic (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t) November 1, 2025 Renamed Ammonia (genus) renamed to Ammonia (foraminifera). Clavulina (foram) renamed to Clavulina (foraminifera). Pelagodinium béii renamed to Pelagodinium. Sorites (foram) renamed to Sorites (foraminifera). Vania (foram) renamed to Vania (foraminifera). Assessed Ammonia (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Clavulina (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Pelagodinium (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Sorites (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Vania (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) October 31, 2025 Renamed Globulina (foram) renamed to Globulina (foraminifera). Saudia (foram) renamed to Saudia (foraminifera). Assessed Auribacterota (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Desulfotomaculota (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t) Globulina (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Saudia (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) October 30, 2025 Renamed 2017 Puerto Rico Leptospirosis outbreak renamed to 2017 Puerto Rico leptospirosis outbreak. Akashiwo sanguinea renamed to Akashiwo. Amyloodinium ocellatum renamed to Amyloodinium. Clavulinopsis (foram) renamed to Clavulinopsis (foraminifera). Cuneus (foram) renamed to Cuneus (foraminifera). Fabiania (foram) renamed to Fabiania (foraminifera). Fissurina (foram) renamed to Fissurina (foraminifera). Soliformovum irregularis renamed to Soliformovum irregulare. Thraustochytrids renamed to Thraustochytrid. Assessed 2017 Puerto Rico leptospirosis outbreak (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Akashiwo (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Amyloodinium (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Clavulinopsis (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Cuneus (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Fabiania (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Fissurina (foraminifera) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Draft:Micrarchaeota (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Soliformovum irregulare (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Thraustochytrid (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) October 29, 2025 Assessed Abyssobacteria (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Acidulidesulfobacteriota (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Epulonipiscium viviparum (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Thiomargarita joergensenii (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Thiomargarita nelsonii (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) October 28, 2025 Reassessed Adelina (alveolate) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Diaspora (alveolate) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Lankesterella (alveolate) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Myriospora (alveolate) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Octosporella (alveolate) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Removed Category:Xanthomonadales (talk) removed. October 27, 2025 Renamed Parathuraminacea renamed to Parathuramminoidea. Robuloidacea renamed to Robuloidoidea. Reassessed Paludibacteraceae (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Pasteuria (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Persephonella marina (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Assessed Parathuramminoidea (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t) Robuloidoidea (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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