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Class Definition:

  • In the levels of classification, the division of organisms that follows phylum.

    Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro



Class Notes:

Class is a taxonomic rank in biological classification. It is also a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that particular rank. Some of the other well-known ranks in the descending order of size are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, and the class is situated between order and phylum.

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