Planococcus
E938720
Planococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often halotolerant bacteria commonly found in soil and marine environments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Planococcus canonical | 1 |
| Planococcus citreus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642985 — 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: Planococcus Context triple: [Bacillales, includesGenus, Planococcus]
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A.
Linepithema humile
Linepithema humile, commonly known as the Argentine ant, is an invasive ant species notorious for forming massive supercolonies and displacing native ant fauna worldwide.
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B.
Oxylebius
Oxylebius is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as armorhead sculpins, found in the North Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Analcipus
Analcipus is a small genus of Old World orioles in the family Oriolidae, comprising a few passerine bird species found in parts of Asia.
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D.
Mischocyttarus
Mischocyttarus is a large genus of social paper wasps found primarily in the Neotropical region, known for their diverse nesting behaviors and relatively simple colony organization.
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E.
Dumetella
Dumetella is a small genus of New World passerine birds best known for including the gray catbird, a mimicking songbird found across much of North America.
- 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: Planococcus Target entity description: Planococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often halotolerant bacteria commonly found in soil and marine environments.
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A.
Linepithema humile
Linepithema humile, commonly known as the Argentine ant, is an invasive ant species notorious for forming massive supercolonies and displacing native ant fauna worldwide.
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B.
Oxylebius
Oxylebius is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as armorhead sculpins, found in the North Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Analcipus
Analcipus is a small genus of Old World orioles in the family Oriolidae, comprising a few passerine bird species found in parts of Asia.
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D.
Mischocyttarus
Mischocyttarus is a large genus of social paper wasps found primarily in the Neotropical region, known for their diverse nesting behaviors and relatively simple colony organization.
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E.
Dumetella
Dumetella is a small genus of New World passerine birds best known for including the gray catbird, a mimicking songbird found across much of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClass |
Bacilli
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillales
|
| belongsToFamily | Planococcaceae ⓘ |
| belongsToOrder | Bacillales ⓘ |
| belongsToPhylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| cellArrangement |
irregular clusters
ⓘ
pairs ⓘ tetrads ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | lacks outer membrane ⓘ |
| cellShape | coccus ⓘ |
| cellWallType | thick peptidoglycan layer ⓘ |
| class |
Bacilli
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillales
|
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | environmental saprophyte ⓘ |
| family | Planococcaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Migula ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1894 ⓘ |
| foundIn |
coastal environments
ⓘ
marine sediments ⓘ saline soils ⓘ seawater ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine environments
ⓘ
saline environments ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| halotolerance | often halotolerant ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| ncbiTaxonId | 1372 ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| salinityAdaptation | can grow at elevated salt concentrations ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Planococcus citreus
ⓘ
linked to:
Planococcus
|
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: Planococcus Description of subject: Planococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often halotolerant bacteria commonly found in soil and marine environments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Planococcus