Alteromonadales
E930666
Alteromonadales is an order of marine and aquatic Gammaproteobacteria that includes diverse heterotrophic bacteria often involved in the degradation of organic matter in ocean environments.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alteromonadales canonical | 2 |
| Alteromonadaceae | 1 |
| Alteromonas | 1 |
| Alteromonas macleodii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515304 — 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: Alteromonadales Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, containsOrder, Alteromonadales]
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A.
Erysipelotrichales
Erysipelotrichales is an order of Gram-positive bacteria within the phylum Firmicutes, commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans.
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B.
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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C.
Nitrosopumilus
Nitrosopumilus is a genus of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea that plays a key role in the global nitrogen cycle, particularly in oceanic environments.
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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.
Campylobacterota
Campylobacterota is a phylum of Gram-negative, often spiral-shaped bacteria that includes several important gastrointestinal pathogens affecting humans and animals.
- 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: Alteromonadales Target entity description: Alteromonadales is an order of marine and aquatic Gammaproteobacteria that includes diverse heterotrophic bacteria often involved in the degradation of organic matter in ocean environments.
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A.
Erysipelotrichales
Erysipelotrichales is an order of Gram-positive bacteria within the phylum Firmicutes, commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans.
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B.
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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C.
Veillonellales
Veillonellales is an order of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria within the phylum Firmicutes, commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts and oral cavities of animals, including humans.
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D.
Nitrosopumilus
Nitrosopumilus is a genus of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea that plays a key role in the global nitrogen cycle, particularly in oceanic environments.
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E.
Vibrionales
Vibrionales is an order of Gram-negative, mostly aquatic bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, notably those causing cholera and other gastrointestinal diseases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial order
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
class Gammaproteobacteria
ⓘ
linked to:
Gammaproteobacteria
phylum Proteobacteria ⓘ
linked to:
Proteobacteria
|
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallType | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ |
| containsFamily |
Alteromonadaceae
ⓘ
linked to:
Alteromonadales
Colwelliaceae ⓘ Ferrimonadaceae ⓘ
linked to:
Thalassomonadaceae
Idiomarinaceae ⓘ Moritellaceae ⓘ Oceanospirillaceae ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanospirillales
Pseudoalteromonadaceae ⓘ Psychromonadaceae ⓘ Shewanellaceae ⓘ Thalassomonadaceae ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
degradation of organic matter in marine environments
ⓘ
participation in marine carbon cycle ⓘ participation in marine nutrient cycling ⓘ remineralization of dissolved organic carbon ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| foundIn |
deep-sea environments
ⓘ
marine sediments ⓘ polar marine environments ⓘ seawater ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| includes |
genus Alteromonas
ⓘ
genus Colwellia ⓘ genus Idiomarina ⓘ genus Pseudoalteromonas ⓘ genus Shewanella ⓘ |
| isA |
order of Gammaproteobacteria
ⓘ
order of Proteobacteria ⓘ order of bacteria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile by polar flagella ⓘ |
| namedBy |
Ivanova et al.
ⓘ
linked to:
Ivanova
|
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Gammaproteobacteria
ⓘ
Proteobacteria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
aquatic environment
ⓘ
coastal seawater ⓘ marine environment ⓘ ocean water column ⓘ open ocean ⓘ |
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: Alteromonadales Description of subject: Alteromonadales is an order of marine and aquatic Gammaproteobacteria that includes diverse heterotrophic bacteria often involved in the degradation of organic matter in ocean environments.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alteromonadales
linked to: Alteromonadales
linked to: Alteromonadales