Aspergillus oryzae
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Aspergillus oryzae is a filamentous fungus widely used in East Asian food fermentation and industrial enzyme production, especially for making sake, soy sauce, and miso.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aspergillus oryzae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22676469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aspergillus oryzae Context triple: [Aspergillus, includesSpecies, Aspergillus oryzae]
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A.
Aspergillus nidulans
Aspergillus nidulans is a filamentous fungus widely used as a genetic model organism for studying eukaryotic cell biology and development.
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B.
Talaromyces
Talaromyces is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its role in food spoilage, antibiotic production, and, in some species, opportunistic human infections.
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C.
Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicillium chrysogenum is a species of filamentous fungus best known as the original industrial source of the antibiotic penicillin.
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D.
Trichosphaeria sacchari
Trichosphaeria sacchari is a species of ascomycete fungus known as a plant pathogen, particularly associated with sugarcane.
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E.
Bacillus megaterium
Bacillus megaterium is a large, rod-shaped, non-pathogenic soil bacterium widely used as a model organism and in industrial biotechnology for enzyme and protein production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aspergillus oryzae Target entity description: Aspergillus oryzae is a filamentous fungus widely used in East Asian food fermentation and industrial enzyme production, especially for making sake, soy sauce, and miso.
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A.
Aspergillus nidulans
Aspergillus nidulans is a filamentous fungus widely used as a genetic model organism for studying eukaryotic cell biology and development.
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B.
Talaromyces
Talaromyces is a genus of filamentous fungi known for its role in food spoilage, antibiotic production, and, in some species, opportunistic human infections.
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C.
Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicillium chrysogenum is a species of filamentous fungus best known as the original industrial source of the antibiotic penicillin.
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D.
Trichosphaeria sacchari
Trichosphaeria sacchari is a species of ascomycete fungus known as a plant pathogen, particularly associated with sugarcane.
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E.
Bacillus megaterium
Bacillus megaterium is a large, rod-shaped, non-pathogenic soil bacterium widely used as a model organism and in industrial biotechnology for enzyme and protein production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.