Oceanospirillales
E930665
Oceanospirillales is an order of marine Gammaproteobacteria that includes many salt-loving, often hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria commonly found in ocean environments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oceanospirillaceae | 1 |
| Oceanospirillales canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515303 — 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: Oceanospirillales Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, containsOrder, Oceanospirillales]
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A.
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.
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B.
Flammispiraceae
Flammispiraceae is a family of fungi within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising filamentous ascomycetes typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
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C.
Gammaproteobacteria
Gammaproteobacteria is a major and diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many medically and ecologically important genera, such as Vibrio, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas.
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D.
Vibrionaceae
Vibrionaceae is a family of Gram-negative, mostly aquatic bacteria that includes several medically important pathogens such as Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera.
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E.
Alphaproteobacteria
Alphaproteobacteria is a diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many important symbionts, pathogens, and environmentally significant species involved in processes like nitrogen fixation and marine carbon cycling.
- 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: Oceanospirillales Target entity description: Oceanospirillales is an order of marine Gammaproteobacteria that includes many salt-loving, often hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria commonly found in ocean environments.
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A.
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.
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B.
Flammispiraceae
Flammispiraceae is a family of fungi within the order Pisorisporiales, comprising filamentous ascomycetes typically found in aquatic or damp terrestrial habitats.
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C.
Gammaproteobacteria
Gammaproteobacteria is a major and diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many medically and ecologically important genera, such as Vibrio, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas.
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D.
Vibrionaceae
Vibrionaceae is a family of Gram-negative, mostly aquatic bacteria that includes several medically important pathogens such as Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera.
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E.
Alphaproteobacteria
Alphaproteobacteria is a diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many important symbionts, pathogens, and environmentally significant species involved in processes like nitrogen fixation and marine carbon cycling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial order
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| cellWall | outer membrane containing lipopolysaccharides ⓘ |
| characteristic |
Gram-negative
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aerobic ⓘ halophilic ⓘ motile with flagella ⓘ rod-shaped cells ⓘ salt-loving ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| environment |
coastal waters
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deep-sea habitats ⓘ hydrocarbon-contaminated marine environments ⓘ marine ⓘ ocean ⓘ open ocean ⓘ |
| foundIn |
deep-sea oil plumes
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marine sediments ⓘ oil-contaminated seawater ⓘ seawater ⓘ |
| includes |
Alcanivorax
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Bacterioplanes ⓘ Balneatrix ⓘ Litoricola ⓘ Marinobacter ⓘ Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus ⓘ Marinobacterium ⓘ Marinomonas ⓘ Marinospirillum ⓘ Neptunomonas ⓘ Nitrincola ⓘ Oceanospirillum ⓘ Oleispira ⓘ Reinekea ⓘ Saccharospirillum ⓘ Thalassolituus ⓘ Thalassospira ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism |
aerobic respiration
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alkane degradation ⓘ aromatic hydrocarbon degradation ⓘ chemoorganotrophic ⓘ hydrocarbon degradation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with deepwater oil plume communities
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rapid enrichment after marine oil spills ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Gammaproteobacteria
ⓘ
Proteobacteria ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons
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bioremediation of oil spills ⓘ marine carbon cycle ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
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: Oceanospirillales Description of subject: Oceanospirillales is an order of marine Gammaproteobacteria that includes many salt-loving, often hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria commonly found in ocean environments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oceanospirillales