Gordonia
E928047
Gordonia is a genus of Gram-positive, high-GC-content actinobacteria known for their environmental resilience and ability to degrade complex organic compounds.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gordonia canonical | 3 |
| Gordonia bronchialis | 2 |
| Gordonia amarae | 1 |
| Gordonia rubripertincta | 1 |
| Gordonia terrae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466538 — 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: Gordonia Context triple: [Corynebacteriales, containsGenus, Gordonia]
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A.
Nageia
Nageia is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Podocarpaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for their broad, flat, leaf-like needles.
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B.
Closterium
Closterium is a genus of crescent-shaped unicellular green algae commonly found in freshwater habitats and noted for its distinctive desmid morphology.
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C.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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D.
Vibrionales
Vibrionales is an order of Gram-negative, mostly aquatic bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, notably those causing cholera and other gastrointestinal diseases.
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E.
Neesiella
Neesiella is a genus of fungi classified within the order Xenospadicoidales.
- 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: Gordonia Target entity description: Gordonia is a genus of Gram-positive, high-GC-content actinobacteria known for their environmental resilience and ability to degrade complex organic compounds.
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A.
Nageia
Nageia is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Podocarpaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for their broad, flat, leaf-like needles.
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B.
Closterium
Closterium is a genus of crescent-shaped unicellular green algae commonly found in freshwater habitats and noted for its distinctive desmid morphology.
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C.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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D.
Vibrionales
Vibrionales is an order of Gram-negative, mostly aquatic bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, notably those causing cholera and other gastrointestinal diseases.
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E.
Neesiella
Neesiella is a genus of fungi classified within the order Xenospadicoidales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
genus ⓘ |
| application |
bioremediation
ⓘ
biotransformation of industrial pollutants ⓘ wastewater treatment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
catheter-related bloodstream infections
ⓘ
pulmonary infections ⓘ |
| capableOf |
degrading hydrocarbons
ⓘ
degrading phthalate esters ⓘ degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ⓘ degrading rubber-related compounds ⓘ degrading surfactants ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | mycolic acids ⓘ |
| class | Actinobacteria ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Gordonia amarae
ⓘ
linked to:
Gordonia
Gordonia bronchialis ⓘ
linked to:
Gordonia
Gordonia polyisoprenivorans ⓘ Gordonia rubripertincta ⓘ
linked to:
Gordonia
Gordonia terrae ⓘ
linked to:
Gordonia
|
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Gordoniaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| GCContent | high-GC-content ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
activated sludge
ⓘ
hydrocarbon-contaminated environments ⓘ sludge ⓘ soil ⓘ water ⓘ |
| knownFor |
biodegradation of hydrophobic pollutants
ⓘ
degradation of complex organic compounds ⓘ environmental resilience ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ruth Gordon ⓘ |
| order | Mycobacteriales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Gordoniaceae ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | opportunistic pathogen in humans ⓘ |
| phylogeneticRelation |
closely related to Mycobacterium
ⓘ
closely related to Nocardia ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinomycetota ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Gordonia bronchialis
ⓘ
linked to:
Gordonia
|
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: Gordonia Description of subject: Gordonia is a genus of Gram-positive, high-GC-content actinobacteria known for their environmental resilience and ability to degrade complex organic compounds.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gordonia
linked to: Gordonia
linked to: Gordonia
linked to: Gordonia
linked to: Gordonia