Rhodococcus
E928045
Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rhodococcus canonical | 5 |
| Rhodococcus equi | 1 |
| Rhodococcus erythropolis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466536 — 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: Rhodococcus Context triple: [Corynebacteriales, containsGenus, Rhodococcus]
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A.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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B.
Coryneaceae
Coryneaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising species often associated with plant hosts as pathogens or endophytes.
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C.
Malacobacter
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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D.
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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E.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
- 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: Rhodococcus Target entity description: Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
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A.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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B.
Coryneaceae
Coryneaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising species often associated with plant hosts as pathogens or endophytes.
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C.
Malacobacter
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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D.
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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E.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| application |
biocatalysis in organic synthesis
ⓘ
bioremediation of contaminated soils ⓘ bioremediation of oil-polluted environments ⓘ production of acrylamide ⓘ production of chiral compounds ⓘ production of nicotinamide ⓘ treatment of industrial wastewater ⓘ |
| cellShape |
coccoid
ⓘ
rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | mycolic acids ⓘ |
| cellWallProperty | high GC content DNA ⓘ |
| class |
Actinomycetia
ⓘ
linked to:
Actinobacteria
|
| discoveredBy | Hans Theodor Riedel ⓘ |
| family | Nocardiaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1891 ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
animal-associated environments
ⓘ
plant surfaces ⓘ sediments ⓘ soil ⓘ water ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolicCapability |
degradation of aromatic compounds
ⓘ
degradation of chlorinated compounds ⓘ degradation of hydrocarbons ⓘ degradation of nitriles ⓘ degradation of pesticides ⓘ degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls ⓘ degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ⓘ degradation of steroids ⓘ |
| metabolism |
aerobic respiration
ⓘ
chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Rhodococcus equi
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus erythropolis ⓘ
linked to:
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus fascians ⓘ |
| order | Corynebacteriales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity |
includes opportunistic animal pathogens
ⓘ
includes opportunistic human pathogens ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinomycetota ⓘ |
| pigmentation | often pigmented ⓘ |
| plantInteraction | includes plant pathogenic species ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Corynebacterium
ⓘ
Mycobacterium ⓘ Nocardia ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Zopf ⓘ |
| temperatureRange | mesophilic ⓘ |
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: Rhodococcus Description of subject: Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rhodococcus
linked to: Rhodococcus