Sulfolobaceae
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Sulfolobaceae is a family of thermoacidophilic archaea commonly found in hot, acidic environments such as volcanic springs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sulfolobales | 3 |
| Sulfolobaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10067555 — 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: Sulfolobaceae Context triple: [Sulfolobus solfataricus, family, Sulfolobaceae]
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A.
Sulfolobus
Sulfolobus is a genus of thermophilic, acid-loving archaea commonly found in volcanic hot springs and known for their use as model organisms in extremophile research.
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B.
Pyrobaculum
Pyrobaculum is a genus of hyperthermophilic archaea known for thriving in extremely high-temperature environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents.
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C.
Euryarchaeota
Euryarchaeota is a major phylum of Archaea that includes diverse microorganisms such as many methanogens, extreme halophiles, and some thermophiles.
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D.
Korarchaeota
Korarchaeota are a deeply branching, poorly understood lineage of Archaea typically found in high-temperature environments and known mainly from environmental DNA rather than cultivated representatives.
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E.
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Sulfolobus solfataricus is a thermoacidophilic archaeon commonly found in volcanic hot springs, widely used as a model organism for studying extremophile biology and archaeal molecular processes.
- 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: Sulfolobaceae Target entity description: Sulfolobaceae is a family of thermoacidophilic archaea commonly found in hot, acidic environments such as volcanic springs.
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A.
Sulfolobus
Sulfolobus is a genus of thermophilic, acid-loving archaea commonly found in volcanic hot springs and known for their use as model organisms in extremophile research.
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B.
Pyrobaculum
Pyrobaculum is a genus of hyperthermophilic archaea known for thriving in extremely high-temperature environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents.
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C.
Euryarchaeota
Euryarchaeota is a major phylum of Archaea that includes diverse microorganisms such as many methanogens, extreme halophiles, and some thermophiles.
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D.
Korarchaeota
Korarchaeota are a deeply branching, poorly understood lineage of Archaea typically found in high-temperature environments and known mainly from environmental DNA rather than cultivated representatives.
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E.
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Sulfolobus solfataricus is a thermoacidophilic archaeon commonly found in volcanic hot springs, widely used as a model organism for studying extremophile biology and archaeal molecular processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeal family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | S-layer ⓘ |
| cellShape | irregular coccoid ⓘ |
| cellType | prokaryotic ⓘ |
| class | Thermoprotei ⓘ |
| discoveryContext | isolated from solfataric fields ⓘ |
| domain | Archaea ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
primary producer in extreme environments
ⓘ
sulfur cycle participant ⓘ |
| energySource |
hydrogen oxidation
ⓘ
organic compounds ⓘ sulfur oxidation ⓘ |
| environment | thermoacidophilic ⓘ |
| genomeSequencedFor |
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
ⓘ
Sulfolobus solfataricus ⓘ |
| genomeType | circular DNA ⓘ |
| habitat |
acidic geothermal environments
ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ volcanic springs ⓘ |
| industrialRelevance |
bioleaching of metals
ⓘ
biomining ⓘ |
| membraneLipidType |
glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers
ⓘ
tetraether lipids ⓘ |
| metabolism |
chemolithotrophic
ⓘ
chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | non-flagellated in many species ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Acidianus
ⓘ
Metallosphaera ⓘ Stygiolobus ⓘ Sulfolobus ⓘ |
| optimalPHRange | pH 1–4 ⓘ |
| optimalTemperatureRange | 65–85 °C ⓘ |
| order |
Sulfolobales
ⓘ
linked to:
Sulfolobaceae
|
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pHPreference | acidophilic ⓘ |
| phylum | Thermoproteota ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model for archaeal molecular biology
ⓘ
model for extremophile adaptation ⓘ |
| sulfurMetabolism |
sulfur-oxidizing
ⓘ
sulfur-reducing ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Zillig et al. ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| taxonStatus | validly published name ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | thermophilic ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Sulfolobus ⓘ |
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: Sulfolobaceae Description of subject: Sulfolobaceae is a family of thermoacidophilic archaea commonly found in hot, acidic environments such as volcanic springs.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sulfolobaceae
linked to: Sulfolobaceae
linked to: Sulfolobaceae