Malacobacter
E727686
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malacobacter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8357173 — 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: Malacobacter Context triple: [Campylobacterota, includesTaxon, Malacobacter]
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A.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
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B.
Bructeri
The Bructeri were an ancient Germanic tribe that lived in what is now northwestern Germany during the Roman era.
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C.
Brevibacterium linens
Brevibacterium linens is a species of bacteria known for producing the characteristic orange-red color and strong aroma of washed-rind cheeses.
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D.
Frankia
Frankia was the medieval Frankish realm in Western and Central Europe that formed the core of the Carolingian Empire and later evolved into the kingdoms of France and Germany.
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E.
Yersinia
Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
- 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: Malacobacter Target entity description: Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
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A.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
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B.
Bructeri
The Bructeri were an ancient Germanic tribe that lived in what is now northwestern Germany during the Roman era.
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C.
Brevibacterium linens
Brevibacterium linens is a species of bacteria known for producing the characteristic orange-red color and strong aroma of washed-rind cheeses.
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D.
Frankia
Frankia was the medieval Frankish realm in Western and Central Europe that formed the core of the Carolingian Empire and later evolved into the kingdoms of France and Germany.
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E.
Yersinia
Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
marine invertebrates
ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ water habitats ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | Campylobacterota bacteria ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | bacterial cell wall ⓘ |
| cellStructure | rod-like curved cells ⓘ |
| cellType | prokaryote ⓘ |
| cellularity | unicellular organism ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| environment |
aquatic environment
ⓘ
marine environment ⓘ |
| geneticMaterial | circular DNA chromosome ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
marine sediments ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Malacobacter marinus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malacobacter molluscorum NERFINISHED ⓘ Malacobacter mytili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| lifestyle | free-living bacterium ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotroph ⓘ |
| morphology | spiral-shaped bacterium ⓘ |
| motility | motile bacterium ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | microaerophilic bacterium ⓘ |
| phylum | Campylobacterota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| shape |
helical
ⓘ
spiral ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Malacobacter Description of subject: Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.