Oceanobacillus
E936464
Oceanobacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in marine and saline environments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oceanobacillus canonical | 2 |
| Oceanobacillus iheyensis | 1 |
| Oceanobacillus iheyensis JCM 11309 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11607672 — 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: Oceanobacillus Context triple: [Bacillaceae, includesGenus, Oceanobacillus]
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A.
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.
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B.
Salinivibrio
Salinivibrio is a genus of halophilic, Gram-negative bacteria typically found in saline and hypersaline environments such as salt lakes and salterns.
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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Thiomicrospira
Thiomicrospira is a genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria commonly found in marine and hydrothermal environments, known for its role in chemolithoautotrophic energy metabolism.
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E.
Shewanella
Shewanella is a genus of versatile, Gram-negative bacteria known for their ability to respire a wide range of electron acceptors, including metals, in diverse aquatic and sediment environments.
- 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: Oceanobacillus Target entity description: Oceanobacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in marine and saline environments.
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A.
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.
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B.
Salinivibrio
Salinivibrio is a genus of halophilic, Gram-negative bacteria typically found in saline and hypersaline environments such as salt lakes and salterns.
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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Thiomicrospira
Thiomicrospira is a genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria commonly found in marine and hydrothermal environments, known for its role in chemolithoautotrophic energy metabolism.
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E.
Shewanella
Shewanella is a genus of versatile, Gram-negative bacteria known for their ability to respire a wide range of electron acceptors, including metals, in diverse aquatic and sediment environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| biotechnologicalPotential | production of salt-tolerant enzymes ⓘ |
| cellArrangement |
short chains
ⓘ
single rods ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | monoderm ⓘ |
| cellMorphology | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallType | peptidoglycan-rich ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| environmentalRole | inhabitant of high-salt niches ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin 'oceanus' and 'bacillus' ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| foundIn |
marine sediments
ⓘ
saline soils ⓘ salterns ⓘ seawater ⓘ |
| GCContent | relatively low to moderate ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| halophily | often halophilic ⓘ |
| hasTypeStrain |
Oceanobacillus iheyensis JCM 11309
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanobacillus
|
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| namedBy | Lu et al. ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | not typically pathogenic to humans ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| saltTolerance | moderately halophilic ⓘ |
| shape | bacillus ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | endospore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Oceanobacillus iheyensis
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceanobacillus
|
| typicalHabitat |
marine environments
ⓘ
saline environments ⓘ |
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: Oceanobacillus Description of subject: Oceanobacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in marine and saline environments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oceanobacillus
linked to: Oceanobacillus