Bacteria
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Bacteria are a vast and diverse group of single-celled prokaryotic microorganisms found in nearly every environment on Earth, playing crucial roles in ecosystems, industry, and human health.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bacteria canonical | 38 |
| Eubacteria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515204 — 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: Bacteria Context triple: [Vibrionales, kingdom, Bacteria]
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A.
Monera
Monera is a former biological kingdom that comprised all prokaryotic, single-celled organisms such as bacteria and archaea, distinguished by their lack of a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
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B.
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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C.
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
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D.
Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus subtilis is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacterium widely used as a model organism in microbiology and biotechnology.
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E.
Actinobacteria
Actinobacteria is a major phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C content that includes many soil-dwelling species as well as important pathogens and antibiotic producers.
- 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: Bacteria Target entity description: Bacteria are a vast and diverse group of single-celled prokaryotic microorganisms found in nearly every environment on Earth, playing crucial roles in ecosystems, industry, and human health.
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A.
Monera
Monera is a former biological kingdom that comprised all prokaryotic, single-celled organisms such as bacteria and archaea, distinguished by their lack of a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
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B.
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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C.
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
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D.
Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus subtilis is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacterium widely used as a model organism in microbiology and biotechnology.
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E.
Actinobacteria
Actinobacteria is a major phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C content that includes many soil-dwelling species as well as important pathogens and antibiotic producers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (85)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Domain of life
ⓘ
Microorganism ⓘ Prokaryote ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eubacteria
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacteria
|
| antibioticResistance | Can evolve ⓘ |
| beneficialRole |
Bioremediation
ⓘ
Food fermentation ⓘ Gut microbiota ⓘ |
| biogeochemicalCycle |
Carbon cycle
ⓘ
Nitrogen cycle ⓘ Sulfur cycle ⓘ |
| canExchangeGenesBy |
Conjugation
ⓘ
Transduction ⓘ Transformation ⓘ |
| canForm |
Biofilm
ⓘ
Endospore ⓘ |
| cellDivisionTimeRange | Minutes to hours ⓘ |
| cellSizeRange | Approximately 0.2–10 micrometers ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | Peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| commonReproductionMethod | Binary fission ⓘ |
| containsRibosomalRNAType | 16S rRNA ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Archaea
ⓘ
Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| estimatedNumberOfSpecies | Millions ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInYear | 1670s ⓘ |
| geneticEngineeringUse |
Cloning host
ⓘ
Recombinant protein production ⓘ |
| geneticMaterial | Circular DNA chromosome ⓘ |
| gramStainType |
Gram-negative
ⓘ
Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
Animal microbiome
ⓘ
Extreme environments ⓘ Freshwater ⓘ Human body ⓘ Marine environments ⓘ Plant surfaces ⓘ Soil ⓘ |
| hasCellShape |
Bacillus
ⓘ
Coccus ⓘ Spirillum ⓘ Spirochete ⓘ Vibrio ⓘ |
| hasCellType | Prokaryotic cell ⓘ |
| hasCellularity | Unicellular ⓘ |
| hasCellWall | Yes ⓘ |
| hasMembraneBoundOrganelles | Absent ⓘ |
| hasMotilityStructure |
Flagellum
ⓘ
Pilus ⓘ |
| hasNucleus | Absent ⓘ |
| hasRibosomeType | 70S ribosome ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Actinobacteria
ⓘ
Bacteroidetes ⓘ Cyanobacteria ⓘ Firmicutes ⓘ Proteobacteria ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceStructure |
Capsule
ⓘ
Fimbriae ⓘ |
| hasTypicalGenomeSizeRange | 0.5–10 megabase pairs ⓘ |
| includesPathogensOf |
Animals
ⓘ
Humans ⓘ Plants ⓘ |
| industrialUse |
Antibiotic production
ⓘ
Dairy fermentation ⓘ Enzyme production ⓘ |
| mayContain | Plasmid DNA ⓘ |
| metabolismType |
Chemoautotroph
ⓘ
Chemoheterotroph ⓘ Photoautotroph ⓘ Photoheterotroph ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement |
Aerotolerant anaerobe
ⓘ
Facultative anaerobe ⓘ Microaerophile ⓘ Obligate aerobe ⓘ Obligate anaerobe ⓘ |
| publicHealthConcern | Antimicrobial resistance ⓘ |
| reproductionType | Asexual reproduction ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
Decomposer
ⓘ
Nitrogen fixer ⓘ Primary producer ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Microbiology ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | Domain ⓘ |
| temperatureRange | Psychrophilic to hyperthermophilic species ⓘ |
| usedAsModelOrganism |
Bacillus subtilis
ⓘ
Escherichia coli ⓘ |
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: Bacteria Description of subject: Bacteria are a vast and diverse group of single-celled prokaryotic microorganisms found in nearly every environment on Earth, playing crucial roles in ecosystems, industry, and human health.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.