Macrococcus
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Macrococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, spherical bacteria closely related to Staphylococcus and commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of animals.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macrococcus canonical | 1 |
| Macrococcus bovicus | 1 |
| Macrococcus canis | 1 |
| Macrococcus carouselicus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642995 — 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: Macrococcus Context triple: [Bacillales, includesGenus, Macrococcus]
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A.
Smaragdicoccus
Smaragdicoccus is a bacterial genus within the order Corynebacteriales, a group that includes diverse actinobacteria often associated with soil, aquatic environments, and host-associated microbiomes.
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B.
Gordonia
Gordonia is a genus of Gram-positive, high-GC-content actinobacteria known for their environmental resilience and ability to degrade complex organic compounds.
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C.
Kohlmeyeriella
Kohlmeyeriella is a genus of marine fungi within the order Lulworthiales, known for inhabiting and decomposing submerged wood and other marine substrates.
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D.
Closterium
Closterium is a genus of crescent-shaped unicellular green algae commonly found in freshwater habitats and noted for its distinctive desmid morphology.
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E.
Trattinnickia
Trattinnickia is a genus of tropical trees in the frankincense and myrrh family, known for their aromatic resins and occurrence in Central and South 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: Macrococcus Target entity description: Macrococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, spherical bacteria closely related to Staphylococcus and commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of animals.
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A.
Smaragdicoccus
Smaragdicoccus is a bacterial genus within the order Corynebacteriales, a group that includes diverse actinobacteria often associated with soil, aquatic environments, and host-associated microbiomes.
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B.
Gordonia
Gordonia is a genus of Gram-positive, high-GC-content actinobacteria known for their environmental resilience and ability to degrade complex organic compounds.
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C.
Kohlmeyeriella
Kohlmeyeriella is a genus of marine fungi within the order Lulworthiales, known for inhabiting and decomposing submerged wood and other marine substrates.
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D.
Closterium
Closterium is a genus of crescent-shaped unicellular green algae commonly found in freshwater habitats and noted for its distinctive desmid morphology.
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E.
Trattinnickia
Trattinnickia is a genus of tropical trees in the frankincense and myrrh family, known for their aromatic resins and occurrence in Central and South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| antibioticResistancePotential | may carry resistance genes ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Staphylococcaceae ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | low-GC Gram-positive bacteria ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-1 (most species) ⓘ |
| catalaseActivity | catalase-positive ⓘ |
| cellArrangement |
clusters
ⓘ
pairs ⓘ tetrads ⓘ |
| cellShape |
coccus
ⓘ
spherical ⓘ |
| cellSize | relatively large cocci ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| coagulaseActivity | coagulase-negative ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | commensal on animal skin ⓘ |
| family | Staphylococcaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedAsGenusBy | Kloos et al. ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| foundOn |
skin of cattle
ⓘ
skin of dogs ⓘ skin of pigs ⓘ skin of poultry ⓘ |
| genomeType | circular double-stranded DNA ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
mucous membranes of animals
ⓘ
skin of animals ⓘ skin of domestic animals ⓘ skin of livestock ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Macrococcus bovicus
ⓘ
linked to:
Macrococcus
Macrococcus canis ⓘ
linked to:
Macrococcus
Macrococcus carouselicus ⓘ
linked to:
Macrococcus
Macrococcus caseolyticus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement |
aerobic
ⓘ
facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | usually non-pathogenic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| relatedTo | Staphylococcus ⓘ |
| relevance |
food microbiology
ⓘ
veterinary microbiology ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Macrococcus caseolyticus ⓘ |
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: Macrococcus Description of subject: Macrococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, spherical bacteria closely related to Staphylococcus and commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of animals.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macrococcus
linked to: Macrococcus
linked to: Macrococcus