Wikipedia:WikiProject Microbiology

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This Wikiproject aims to better organize information in articles related to microbiology on Wikipedia.

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Scope

This project aims to cover all areas of microbiology including: bacteria, archaea, molds, yeasts, protists, viruses, famous microbiologists and researchers, microbiological methods and concepts, microbiology equipment, microscopy, and other microbiology-related topics.

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Contact with WP Microbiology Article Importance Date Assessment Version Comments Bacteria [1] Top December 25, 2006 FA 0.5 Tuberculosis [2] Top December 27, 2006 FA 0.5 Influenza [3] High December 28, 2006 FA 0.5 Malaria [4] High February 28, 2007 A 0.5 Yeast [5] Top January 10, 2007 GA HIV [6] High January 10, 2007 GA 0.5 Virus [7] High January 10, 2007 GA 0.5 Edward Jenner [8] Mid January 10, 2007 GA Measles [9] Mid March 30, 2007 GA Rabies [10] Mid January 10, 2007 GA 0.5 Yellow fever [11] Mid January 10, 2007 GA Henipavirus [12] Low January 10, 2007 GA Agar [13] Top December 27, 2006 B Anthrax [14] Top December 28, 2006 B Antibiotic [15] Top December 28, 2006 B Antibiotic resistance [16] Top December 27, 2006 B Antiseptic [17] Top December 27, 2006 B Anton van Leeuwenhoek [18] Top December 25, 2006 B Archaea [19] Top December 27, 2006 B Beta-lactamase [20] Top December 27, 2006 B Botulism [21] Top December 28, 2006 B Bubonic plague [22] Top December 28, 2006 B Cholera [23] Top December 28, 2006 B 0.5 Escherichia coli [24] Top December 25, 2006 B Escherichia coli O157:H7 [25] Top December 28, 2006 B Fecal coliforms [26] Top January 16, 2007 B Foodborne illness [27] Top December 28, 2006 B Leprosy [28] Top December 28, 2006 B Louis Pasteur [29] Top December 28, 2006 B 0.5 Microorganism [30] Top December 25, 2006 B Microscope [31] Top December 25, 2006 B Mold [32] Top December 28, 2006 B Pathogen [33] Top December 27, 2006 B Sterilization (microbiology) [34] Top December 26, 2006 B Streptococcus pneumoniae [35] Top December 28, 2006 B Syphilis [36] Top December 28, 2006 B Agar plate [37] High December 28, 2006 B Biofilm [38] High December 28, 2006 B Clostridium difficile [39] High December 28, 2006 B Clostridium tetani [40] High December 28, 2006 B Cyanobacteria [41] High December 28, 2006 B Diphtheria [42] High December 28, 2006 B Disinfectant [43] High December 26, 2006 B Haemophilus influenzae [44] High December 28, 2006 B Horizontal gene transfer [45] High January 29, 2007 B Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [46] High December 26, 2006 B Microbial metabolism [47] High December 28, 2006 B Microscopy [48] High December 28, 2006 B Optical microscope [49] High December 28, 2006 B Plasmodium falciparum [50] High December 28, 2006 B Poliovirus [51] High February 17, 2007 B Pseudomonas aeruginosa [52] High December 28, 2006 B Streptococcus [53] High December 26, 2006 B Tetanus [54] High March 8, 2007 B Thermus aquaticus [55] High December 27, 2006 B Typhoid fever [56] High December 28, 2006 B Bacteria and human health [57] Mid December 27, 2006 B Gut flora [58] Mid December 27, 2006 B Leishmaniasis [59] Mid December 28, 2006 B Smallpox [60] Mid January 9, 2007 B 0.5 Toxoplasma gondii [61] Mid March 22, 2007 B Amoebozoa [62] Top February 8, 2007 Start Antibiotic sensitivity [63] Top December 27, 2006 Start Bacillus [64] Top December 27, 2006 Start Bacillus anthracis [65] Top December 28, 2006 Start Coccus [66] Top December 27, 2006 Start Colony (biology) [67] Top December 28, 2006 Start Food microbiology [68] Top December 27, 2006 Start Herpesviridae [69] Top December 28, 2006 Start Klebsiella pneumoniae [70] Top January 16, 2007 Start Microbiology [71] Top December 25, 2006 Start Mycobacterium leprae [72] Top December 25, 2006 Start Mycobacterium tuberculosis [73] Top December 25, 2006 Start Pilus [74] Top December 27, 2006 Start Prokaryote [75] Top December 25, 2006 Start Protist [76] Top December 25, 2006 Start Robert Koch [77] Top December 28, 2006 Start Saccharomyces cerevisiae [78] Top December 25, 2006 Start Treponema pallidum [79] Top December 28, 2006 Start Vibrio cholerae [80] Top December 28, 2006 Start Yersinia pestis [81] Top December 28, 2006 Start Ziehl-Neelsen stain [82] Top December 27, 2006 Start Actinobacteria [83] High December 26, 2006 Start Antimicrobial [84] High December 28, 2006 Start Autoclave [85] High December 26, 2006 Start Campylobacter [86] High December 28, 2006 Start Campylobacter jejuni [87] High December 28, 2006 Start Candida albicans [88] High December 25, 2006 Start Chlamydia [89] High December 28, 2006 Start Chlamydiae [90] High December 28, 2006 Start Clostridium [91] High December 28, 2006 Start Clostridium perfringens [92] High December 28, 2006 Start Corynebacterium diphtheriae [93] High December 28, 2006 Start Fermentation (food) [94] High December 28, 2006 Start Germ theory of disease [95] High December 28, 2006 Start Gram staining [96] High December 26, 2006 Start Haemophilus [97] High December 28, 2006 Start Halobacteria [98] High March 14, 2007 Start Koch's postulates [99] High December 28, 2006 Start Lactic acid bacteria [100] High December 31, 2006 Start Lactobacillus [101] High December 28, 2006 Start List of Archaea genera [102] High March 16, 2007 Start List of bacterial orders [103] High March 16, 2007 Start Listeria monocytogenes [104] High January 18, 2007 Start Microscope slide [105] High December 25, 2006 Start Mycobacterium [106] High December 25, 2006 Start Mycoplasma pneumoniae [107] High December 28, 2006 Start Pseudomonas [108] High December 26, 2006 Start Saccharomyces [109] High December 25, 2006 Start Salmonella [110] High December 25, 2006 Start Salmonella enterica [111] High December 28, 2006 Start Slime mould [112] High February 8, 2007 Start Staphylococcus [113] High December 26, 2006 Start Streptococcus pyogenes [114] High December 28, 2006 Start Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [115] High December 28, 2006 Start Acetic acid bacteria [116] Mid December 31, 2006 Start Bacterial growth [117] Mid December 27, 2006 Start Brettanomyces [118] Mid December 25, 2006 Start Bright field microscopy [119] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Campylobacter fetus [120] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Candida (genus) [121] Mid December 25, 2006 Start Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg [122] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Clostridium thermocellum [123] Mid April 6, 2007 Start Dark field microscopy [124] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Economic importance of bacteria [125] Mid December 27, 2006 Start Enterococcus [126] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Gram-negative [127] Mid December 26, 2006 Start Gram-positive [128] Mid December 26, 2006 Start Growth medium [129] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Hans Christian Gram [130] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Incubator (microbiology) [131] Mid January 7, 2007 Start Mycoplasma [132] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Myxobacteria [133] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Petri dish [134] Mid January 7, 2007 Start Phase contrast microscopy [135] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Probiotic [136] Mid December 25, 2006 Start Rhizobia [137] Mid March 8, 2007 Start Schizosaccharomyces pombe [138] Mid January 1, 2007 Start Spirochaete [139] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Sterility assurance level [140] Mid February 28, 2007 Start Streaking (microbiology) [141] Mid January 7, 2007 Start Streptomyces [142] Mid December 28, 2006 Start Bacterial lawn [143] Low January 8, 2007 Start Apicomplexa [144] March 22, 2007 Start Coliform bacteria [145] Top January 16, 2007 Stub Microbiologist [146] Top December 25, 2006 Stub Archaeoglobi [147] High March 14, 2007 Stub Clostridium botulinum [148] High January 19, 2007 Stub Halobacteriaceae [149] High March 14, 2007 Stub Halobacteriales [150] High March 14, 2007 Stub Methanobacteria [151] High March 14, 2007 Stub Methanococci [152] High March 14, 2007 Stub Methanomicrobia [153] High March 14, 2007 Stub Methanopyri [154] High March 14, 2007 Stub Micrograph [155] High December 25, 2006 Stub Minimum inhibitory concentration [156] High December 28, 2006 Stub Thermococci [157] High March 14, 2007 Stub Thermoplasmata [158] High March 14, 2007 Stub Thermoprotei [159] High March 14, 2007 Stub Archamoebae [160] Mid February 8, 2007 Stub Bacillus stearothermophilus [161] Mid December 28, 2006 Stub Bacteria in the human body [162] Mid December 25, 2006 Stub Coliform Index [163] Mid December 31, 2006 Stub Enterobacter [164] Mid January 16, 2007 Stub Enterococcus faecalis [165] Mid December 28, 2006 Stub Indicator bacteria [166] Mid December 31, 2006 Stub Inoculation loop [167] Mid January 7, 2007 Stub Listeria [168] Mid December 25, 2006 Stub Serratia [169] Mid March 18, 2007 Stub Zygosaccharomyces [170] Mid December 25, 2006 Stub Candida stellata [171] Low December 26, 2006 Stub Citrobacter [172] Low January 16, 2007 Stub Dichelobacter nodosus [173] Low April 4, 2007 Stub Telonemia [174] Low March 8, 2007 Stub Timeline of microscope technology [175] Low March 8, 2007 Stub Verrucomicrobia [176] Low March 20, 2007 Stub Merozoite [177] March 22, 2007 Stub Sporozoite [178] March 22, 2007 Stub See also: assessed article categories. Last update: April 7, 2007

Statistics

Microbiology articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA	2	1				3
	A		1				1
	GA	1	2	4	1		8
	B	24	20	5			49
	Start	21	33	27	1	1	83
	Stub	2	13	11	6	2	34
	Assessed	50	70	47	8	3	178
	Unassessed	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	50	70	47	8	3	178

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How you can help

Improve articles

• Improve all B-class articles to GA or better
• Add or upgrade the taxoboxes in microorganism articles.
• Add or improve images in microorganims articles.

Start new articles

• Start any microbiology related articles that are currently red-links.

Discuss

• Join in discussing proposals on the talk page. Any ideas are always welcome!

Improve the project itself

• Improve or create templates.
• Improve or create images.
• Assist in public relations and outreach by recruiting editors interested in microbiology to contribute to Wikipedia.

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.
  • Assess and mark the importance of these articles using the class and importance fields of the banner template.
• Add stub templates to microorganism related stubs with the relevant template from the template section below.
• Categorise articles by adding them to the appropriate microbiology categories as shown to right.

Templates

Template type	What to type	What it makes
Userbox {{User WikiProject Micro}} This user is a member of WikiProject Microbiology. Stub Microbiology {{micro-stub}} This microbiology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Stub Bacteria {{bacteria-stub}}  This bacteria-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Stub Archaea {{archaea-stub}}  This archaea-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Stub Yeast {{yeast-stub}} This yeast-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Stub Protist {{protist-stub}} This protist-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Stub Virus {{virus-stub}}  This virus-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Taxobox {{Taxobox}} click here to see how to use

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Participants

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