Legionellales
E930663
Legionellales is an order of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several intracellular pathogens, most notably the Legionella species responsible for Legionnaires’ disease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Legionellales canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515301 — 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: Legionellales Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, containsOrder, Legionellales]
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A.
Mycobacteriales
Mycobacteriales is an order of bacteria that includes medically important genera such as Mycobacterium, which contains the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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B.
Corynebacteriales
Corynebacteriales is an order of Gram-positive bacteria that includes medically important genera such as Mycobacterium and Corynebacterium, some of which cause serious human diseases.
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C.
Campylobacterales
Campylobacterales is an order of Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacteria that includes several important human and animal pathogens, notably species causing gastrointestinal and systemic infections.
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D.
Mycoplasmatales
Mycoplasmatales is an order of bacteria characterized by the absence of a cell wall and often known for containing pathogenic species that infect humans and animals.
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E.
Hyphomicrobiales
Hyphomicrobiales is an order of Alphaproteobacteria that includes many nitrogen-fixing and plant-associated bacteria, such as Rhizobium species involved in root nodule formation.
- 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: Legionellales Target entity description: Legionellales is an order of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several intracellular pathogens, most notably the Legionella species responsible for Legionnaires’ disease.
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A.
Mycobacteriales
Mycobacteriales is an order of bacteria that includes medically important genera such as Mycobacterium, which contains the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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B.
Corynebacteriales
Corynebacteriales is an order of Gram-positive bacteria that includes medically important genera such as Mycobacterium and Corynebacterium, some of which cause serious human diseases.
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C.
Campylobacterales
Campylobacterales is an order of Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacteria that includes several important human and animal pathogens, notably species causing gastrointestinal and systemic infections.
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D.
Mycoplasmatales
Mycoplasmatales is an order of bacteria characterized by the absence of a cell wall and often known for containing pathogenic species that infect humans and animals.
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E.
Hyphomicrobiales
Hyphomicrobiales is an order of Alphaproteobacteria that includes many nitrogen-fixing and plant-associated bacteria, such as Rhizobium species involved in root nodule formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial order
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedDisease |
Legionnaires' disease
ⓘ
Pontiac fever ⓘ Q fever ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellularOrganization | prokaryote ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
cooling towers
ⓘ
freshwater environments ⓘ hot water systems ⓘ man-made water systems ⓘ |
| hostRange |
amoebae
ⓘ
humans ⓘ other mammals ⓘ protozoa ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Aquicella
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Candidatus Berkiella NERFINISHED ⓘ Candidatus Coxiellopsis NERFINISHED ⓘ Candidatus Fokinia NERFINISHED ⓘ Candidatus Jidaibacter NERFINISHED ⓘ Candidatus Odyssella NERFINISHED ⓘ Candidatus Protochlamydia NERFINISHED ⓘ Candidatus Rhabdochlamydia NERFINISHED ⓘ Candidatus Vermiplasma NERFINISHED ⓘ Coxiella NERFINISHED ⓘ Fluoribacter NERFINISHED ⓘ Legionella NERFINISHED ⓘ Rickettsiella NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatlockia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intracellularLocation |
facultative intracellular in many species
ⓘ
obligate intracellular in some species ⓘ |
| lifestyle | intracellular ⓘ |
| metabolism | aerobic ⓘ |
| motility | flagellated in many species ⓘ |
| namingEtymology | named after the genus Legionella ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Coxiella burnetii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Legionella pneumophila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | includes intracellular pathogens ⓘ |
| pathogenType | opportunistic pathogen in humans ⓘ |
| phylum |
Proteobacteria
ⓘ
Pseudomonadota ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | order ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | inhalation of contaminated aerosols ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Legionella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Legionellales Description of subject: Legionellales is an order of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several intracellular pathogens, most notably the Legionella species responsible for Legionnaires’ disease.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Legionella