Metarhizium
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Metarhizium is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi widely used in biological control to infect and kill insect pests.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metarhizium anisopliae | 3 |
| Metarhizium canonical | 2 |
| Metarhizium acridum | 1 |
| Metarhizium brunneum | 1 |
| Metarhizium rileyi | 1 |
| Metarhizium robertsii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6307153 — 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: Metarhizium Context triple: [Hypocreales, hasMember, Metarhizium]
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A.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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B.
Trichosphaeria
Trichosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for its saprobic species that decompose plant material, particularly wood and bark.
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C.
Neurospora
Neurospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology, especially for studying gene regulation and biochemical pathways.
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D.
Kohlmeyeriella
Kohlmeyeriella is a genus of marine fungi within the order Lulworthiales, known for inhabiting and decomposing submerged wood and other marine substrates.
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E.
Sordaria
Sordaria is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology due to its easily observable spore formation.
- 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: Metarhizium Target entity description: Metarhizium is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi widely used in biological control to infect and kill insect pests.
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A.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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B.
Trichosphaeria
Trichosphaeria is a genus of ascomycete fungi known for its saprobic species that decompose plant material, particularly wood and bark.
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C.
Neurospora
Neurospora is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi widely used as a model organism in genetics and molecular biology, especially for studying gene regulation and biochemical pathways.
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D.
Kohlmeyeriella
Kohlmeyeriella is a genus of marine fungi within the order Lulworthiales, known for inhabiting and decomposing submerged wood and other marine substrates.
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E.
Sordaria
Sordaria is a genus of filamentous ascomycete fungi commonly used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology due to its easily observable spore formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entomopathogenic fungus
ⓘ
fungal genus ⓘ |
| appliedAs |
granular formulation
ⓘ
spore suspension ⓘ wettable powder ⓘ |
| benefit |
environmentally friendly pest control
ⓘ
reduction of chemical insecticide use ⓘ |
| canForm | endophytic associations with plants ⓘ |
| class | Sordariomycetes ⓘ |
| discoveredAsInsectPathogenBy |
Elie Metchnikoff
ⓘ
linked to:
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
|
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
insect pathogen
ⓘ
soil microorganism ⓘ |
| family | Clavicipitaceae ⓘ |
| habitat | soil ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Metarhizium acridum
ⓘ
linked to:
Metarhizium
Metarhizium anisopliae ⓘ
linked to:
Metarhizium
Metarhizium brunneum ⓘ
linked to:
Metarhizium
Metarhizium rileyi ⓘ
linked to:
Metarhizium
Metarhizium robertsii ⓘ
linked to:
Metarhizium
|
| hasTypeSpecies |
Metarhizium anisopliae
ⓘ
linked to:
Metarhizium
|
| infectsOrder |
Coleoptera
ⓘ
Diptera ⓘ Hemiptera ⓘ Lepidoptera ⓘ Orthoptera ⓘ |
| isEntomopathogenic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| modeOfAction |
infection of insects through cuticle
ⓘ
production of insecticidal metabolites ⓘ proliferation inside insect hemocoel ⓘ |
| nutritionalMode | facultative pathogen ⓘ |
| order | Hypocreales ⓘ |
| parasitizes | insects ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| produces |
conidia
ⓘ
secondary metabolites toxic to insects ⓘ |
| reproduction | asexual conidia ⓘ |
| safetyProfile |
generally safe for vertebrates
ⓘ
low risk to non-target organisms compared to chemical insecticides ⓘ |
| targets |
agricultural insect pests
ⓘ
forest insect pests ⓘ |
| usedAs | biopesticide ⓘ |
| usedFor | biological control of insect pests ⓘ |
| usedIn | integrated pest management ⓘ |
| yearFirstDescribed | 1879 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Metarhizium Description of subject: Metarhizium is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi widely used in biological control to infect and kill insect pests.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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