Aerococcus
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Aerococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci often associated with opportunistic infections in humans and animals, particularly urinary tract and bloodstream infections.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aerococcus viridans | 2 |
| Aerococcaceae | 1 |
| Aerococcus canonical | 1 |
| Aerococcus sanguinicola | 1 |
| Aerococcus urinae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642997 — 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: Aerococcus Context triple: [Bacillales, includesGenus, Aerococcus]
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A.
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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B.
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
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C.
Actinomyces
Actinomyces is a genus of filamentous, Gram-positive bacteria known for causing chronic, suppurative infections in humans and animals, particularly actinomycosis.
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D.
Moraxella
Moraxella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that commonly colonize the mucosal surfaces of humans and animals, with some species acting as important respiratory pathogens.
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E.
Serratia
Serratia is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria best known for species like Serratia marcescens, which can be opportunistic human pathogens and often produce a characteristic red pigment.
- 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: Aerococcus Target entity description: Aerococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci often associated with opportunistic infections in humans and animals, particularly urinary tract and bloodstream infections.
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A.
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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B.
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
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C.
Actinomyces
Actinomyces is a genus of filamentous, Gram-positive bacteria known for causing chronic, suppurative infections in humans and animals, particularly actinomycosis.
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D.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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E.
Moraxella
Moraxella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that commonly colonize the mucosal surfaces of humans and animals, with some species acting as important respiratory pathogens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| antimicrobialResistance | variable resistance to fluoroquinolones ⓘ |
| antimicrobialSusceptibility | generally susceptible to beta-lactam antibiotics ⓘ |
| arrangement |
clusters
ⓘ
tetrads ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
bacteremia
ⓘ
infective endocarditis ⓘ opportunistic infection ⓘ urinary tract infection ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Aerococcaceae ⓘ |
| catalaseActivity | catalase-negative ⓘ |
| cellShape | coccus ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class |
Bacilli
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillales
|
| clinicallyRelevantSpecies |
Aerococcus sanguinicola
ⓘ
linked to:
Aerococcus
Aerococcus urinae ⓘ
linked to:
Aerococcus
Aerococcus viridans ⓘ
linked to:
Aerococcus
|
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family |
Aerococcaceae
ⓘ
linked to:
Aerococcus
|
| firstDescribedBy | Theodor R. R. Christensen ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
environmental sources
ⓘ
human urinary tract ⓘ |
| host |
animal
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| identificationMethod |
16S rRNA gene sequencing
ⓘ
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry ⓘ |
| infectionType |
community-acquired infection
ⓘ
healthcare-associated infection ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| ncbiTaxonId | 1375 ⓘ |
| oftenMisidentifiedAs |
Staphylococcus
ⓘ
Streptococcus ⓘ |
| order | Lactobacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | opportunistic pathogen ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| riskGroup |
elderly patients
ⓘ
immunocompromised patients ⓘ patients with urinary tract abnormalities ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Aerococcus viridans
ⓘ
linked to:
Aerococcus
|
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: Aerococcus Description of subject: Aerococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, catalase-negative cocci often associated with opportunistic infections in humans and animals, particularly urinary tract and bloodstream infections.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aerococcus
linked to: Aerococcus
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linked to: Aerococcus
linked to: Aerococcus