Enterobacter
E931843
Enterobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in soil, water, and the intestinal tracts of animals, some species of which are opportunistic human pathogens.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Enterobacter canonical | 2 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 2 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 2 |
| Enterobacter asburiae | 1 |
| Enterobacter cancerogenus | 1 |
| Enterobacter cloacae complex | 1 |
| Enterobacter hormaechei | 1 |
| Enterobacter kobei | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515274 — 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: Enterobacter Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Enterobacter]
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A.
Escherichia
Escherichia is a genus of rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria best known for the species Escherichia coli, a common inhabitant of the human gut and an important model organism in microbiology.
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B.
Enterococcus
Enterococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, lactic acid bacteria commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals, some species of which are notable as opportunistic pathogens and for their antibiotic resistance.
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C.
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gram-negative bacteria known for their metabolic versatility, environmental ubiquity, and inclusion of important opportunistic human and plant pathogens.
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D.
Coliiformes
Coliiformes is an order of small, arboreal African birds known as mousebirds, characterized by soft plumage, long tails, and strong climbing abilities.
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E.
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.
- 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: Enterobacter Target entity description: Enterobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in soil, water, and the intestinal tracts of animals, some species of which are opportunistic human pathogens.
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A.
Escherichia
Escherichia is a genus of rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria best known for the species Escherichia coli, a common inhabitant of the human gut and an important model organism in microbiology.
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B.
Enterococcus
Enterococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, lactic acid bacteria commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals, some species of which are notable as opportunistic pathogens and for their antibiotic resistance.
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C.
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gram-negative bacteria known for their metabolic versatility, environmental ubiquity, and inclusion of important opportunistic human and plant pathogens.
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D.
Coliiformes
Coliiformes is an order of small, arboreal African birds known as mousebirds, characterized by soft plumage, long tails, and strong climbing abilities.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| antibioticResistance | often multidrug-resistant ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
bacteremia
ⓘ
hospital-acquired infection ⓘ respiratory tract infection ⓘ sepsis ⓘ urinary tract infection ⓘ wound infection ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | coliform bacteria ⓘ |
| betaLactamaseProduction | produces AmpC beta-lactamase ⓘ |
| catalaseTest | catalase-positive ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallType | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ |
| clinicalRelevance | nosocomial pathogen ⓘ |
| colonyMorphology | forms smooth colonies on agar ⓘ |
| family |
Enterobacteriaceae
ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacterales
|
| firstDescribedBy | Erwin F. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| flagellaType | peritrichous flagella ⓘ |
| foundIn |
food products
ⓘ
hospital environments ⓘ water ⓘ |
| glucoseFermentation | ferments glucose ⓘ |
| gramStain | pink after Gram staining ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
intestinal tract of animals ⓘ intestinal tract of humans ⓘ marine environments ⓘ sewage ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Enterobacter aerogenes
ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacter
Enterobacter asburiae ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacter
Enterobacter cancerogenus ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacter
Enterobacter cloacae complex ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacter
Enterobacter hormaechei ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacter
Enterobacter kobei ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacter
|
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| lactoseFermentation | late lactose fermenter ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| nitrateReduction | reduces nitrate to nitrite ⓘ |
| order | Enterobacterales ⓘ |
| oxidaseTest | oxidase-negative ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | opportunistic human pathogen ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota ⓘ |
| riskGroup | Biosafety level 2 (for pathogenic species) ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Enterobacter cloacae
ⓘ
linked to:
Enterobacter
|
| usedIn | indicator of fecal contamination in water testing ⓘ |
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: Enterobacter Description of subject: Enterobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in soil, water, and the intestinal tracts of animals, some species of which are opportunistic human pathogens.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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