Kingdom

Controlled Vocabulary: Kingdom

The GFBio initiative agreed on this controlled vocabulary (Terminology) for biological taxa "Higher Classification - Kingdom (=Regnum)". Based on GBIF and CoL; for taxon-based biological data units mandatory!

KINGDOM term	GFBio agreed term translations and definitions to be used in updated OWL file (TS API 3.0, released in 3/2018)
Kingdom	Kingdom, Reich, Règne; This Terminology of "Kingdom" (Synonym: Regnum) represents the GFBio internal, not strongly taxonomic respectively phylogenetic view on "Kingdom" comparable to its pragmatic usage within Catalogue of Life and GBIF. Thus the definitions given here are narrative and non exclusive.
Animalia	Animals, Tiere, Animaux; Term describes the kingdom Animalia as it is used in GFBio. It indicates a domain of organisms which feed on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli (cf. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/animal).
Archaea	Archaea, Archaeen, Archaea; Term describes the kingdom Archaea as it is used in GFBio. It indicates a domain of microorganisms which are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization (cf. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/archaea).
Bacteria	Bacteria, Bakterien, Bactéries; Term describes the kingdom Bacteria as it is used in GFBio. It indicates a domain of microorganisms which are unicellular and have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some which can cause disease (cf. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/bacterium).
Chromista	Chromista, Chromista, Chromista; Term describes the kingdom Chromista as it is used in GFBio. It indicates a domain of organisms which include all algae whose chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and c, as well as various colorless forms that are closely related to them. Some classifications include the Chromista among the Protista (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromista).
Fungi	Fungi, Pilze, Fungi; Term describes the kingdom Fungi as it is used in GFBio. It indicates a domain of organisms which include unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing life forms feeding on organic matter, including moulds, yeasts, mushrooms, and toadstools (cf. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fungus).
Plantae	Plants, Pflanzen, Plantes; Term describes the kingdom Plants as it is used in GFBio. It indicates a domain or group of organisms of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll (cf. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plant).
Protozoa	Protozoans, Protozoen, Protozoaires; Term describes the kingdom Protozoa as it is used in GFBio. It indicates a domain of organisms which comprises the single-celled microscopic animals, which include amoebas, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans, and many other forms. They are now usually treated as a number of phyla belonging to the kingdom "Protista" (cf. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/protozoa and https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/protista).
Viruses	Virus, Viren, Virus; Term indicates a domain of infective agents which typically consist of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, are too small to be seen by light microscopy, and are able to multiply only within the living cells of a host. Viruses do not belong to any kingdom (cf. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/virus).
incertae sedis	incertae sedis, incertae sedis, incertae sedis; "incertae sedis" is the scientific expression for taxa of uncertain position in a classification. The common abbreviation is inc. sed. Here the term indicates a domain of organisms which has no certain assignment to a kingdom.

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