Aliivibrio fischeri
E933189
Aliivibrio fischeri is a marine bioluminescent bacterium best known for its symbiotic relationship with certain squids and fishes, where it provides light used for camouflage and communication.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aliivibrio fischeri canonical | 4 |
| Vibrio fischeri | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515193 — 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: Aliivibrio fischeri Context triple: [Vibrionaceae, bioluminescentMembers, Aliivibrio fischeri]
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A.
Photobacterium phosphoreum
Photobacterium phosphoreum is a marine bioluminescent bacterium known for emitting blue-green light and commonly found in symbiosis with deep-sea organisms.
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B.
Pyrodinium bahamense
Pyrodinium bahamense is a bioluminescent marine dinoflagellate known for producing the glowing waters seen in places like Mosquito Bay.
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C.
Aequorea victoria
Aequorea victoria is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish best known as the natural source of green fluorescent protein (GFP), a crucial tool in molecular and cellular biology.
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D.
Photorhabdus
Photorhabdus is a genus of bioluminescent, insect-pathogenic bacteria that live in symbiosis with nematodes and are used as biological control agents.
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E.
Psychrobacter
Psychrobacter is a genus of cold-adapted, often psychrophilic bacteria commonly found in low-temperature environments such as polar regions, deep seas, and refrigerated foods.
- 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: Aliivibrio fischeri Target entity description: Aliivibrio fischeri is a marine bioluminescent bacterium best known for its symbiotic relationship with certain squids and fishes, where it provides light used for camouflage and communication.
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A.
Photobacterium phosphoreum
Photobacterium phosphoreum is a marine bioluminescent bacterium known for emitting blue-green light and commonly found in symbiosis with deep-sea organisms.
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B.
Pyrodinium bahamense
Pyrodinium bahamense is a bioluminescent marine dinoflagellate known for producing the glowing waters seen in places like Mosquito Bay.
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C.
Aequorea victoria
Aequorea victoria is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish best known as the natural source of green fluorescent protein (GFP), a crucial tool in molecular and cellular biology.
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D.
Photorhabdus
Photorhabdus is a genus of bioluminescent, insect-pathogenic bacteria that live in symbiosis with nematodes and are used as biological control agents.
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E.
Psychrobacter
Psychrobacter is a genus of cold-adapted, often psychrophilic bacteria commonly found in low-temperature environments such as polar regions, deep seas, and refrigerated foods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterium
ⓘ
bioluminescent bacterium ⓘ marine bacterium ⓘ |
| bioluminescenceColor | blue-green light ⓘ |
| bioluminescenceOperon | lux operon ⓘ |
| bioluminescenceSystem | bacterial luciferase ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellularOrganization | unicellular ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | lipopolysaccharide ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ |
| colonizes | light organs of marine animals ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| energySource | organic compounds ⓘ |
| family | Vibrionaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy |
Beijerinck
ⓘ
linked to:
Martinus Beijerinck
|
| firstDescribedYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| formerlyClassifiedAs |
Vibrio fischeri
ⓘ
linked to:
Aliivibrio fischeri
|
| foundIn | Hawaiian bobtail squid light organ ⓘ |
| genomeType | circular chromosome ⓘ |
| genus | Aliivibrio ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine environment
ⓘ
seawater ⓘ |
| lightFunctionInHost |
camouflage
ⓘ
communication ⓘ |
| livesFreeInSeawater | true ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| modelOrganismFor |
animal–microbe symbiosis
ⓘ
bioluminescence research ⓘ quorum sensing research ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| order | Vibrionales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicToHumans | false ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota ⓘ |
| produces | bioluminescence ⓘ |
| quorumSensingMolecule | acyl-homoserine lactone ⓘ |
| quorumSensingRegulator |
LuxI
ⓘ
LuxR ⓘ |
| reclassifiedToGenus | Aliivibrio ⓘ |
| roleInHost | provides counterillumination ⓘ |
| symbiosisType | mutualistic symbiont ⓘ |
| symbioticWith |
Euprymna scolopes
ⓘ
certain marine fishes ⓘ certain squids ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| usesQuorumSensing | true ⓘ |
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: Aliivibrio fischeri Description of subject: Aliivibrio fischeri is a marine bioluminescent bacterium best known for its symbiotic relationship with certain squids and fishes, where it provides light used for camouflage and communication.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aliivibrio fischeri
linked to: Aliivibrio fischeri