Mycobacterium pinnipedii
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Mycobacterium pinnipedii is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects seals and other pinnipeds, occasionally causing zoonotic tuberculosis in humans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacterium pinnipedii canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466780 — 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: Mycobacterium pinnipedii Context triple: [Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, containsTaxon, Mycobacterium pinnipedii]
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A.
Mycobacterium marinum
Mycobacterium marinum is a waterborne, slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly infects fish and can cause skin and soft tissue infections in humans, especially after exposure to aquariums or natural bodies of water.
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B.
Mycobacterium canettii
Mycobacterium canettii is a rare, smooth-colony–forming member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is considered evolutionarily ancestral to typical M. tuberculosis strains.
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C.
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
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D.
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause skin, soft tissue, and ocular infections in humans, often associated with trauma or medical procedures.
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E.
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing, nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause opportunistic skin, soft tissue, and device-related infections in humans.
- 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: Mycobacterium pinnipedii Target entity description: Mycobacterium pinnipedii is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects seals and other pinnipeds, occasionally causing zoonotic tuberculosis in humans.
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A.
Mycobacterium marinum
Mycobacterium marinum is a waterborne, slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly infects fish and can cause skin and soft tissue infections in humans, especially after exposure to aquariums or natural bodies of water.
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B.
Mycobacterium canettii
Mycobacterium canettii is a rare, smooth-colony–forming member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is considered evolutionarily ancestral to typical M. tuberculosis strains.
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C.
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
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D.
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause skin, soft tissue, and ocular infections in humans, often associated with trauma or medical procedures.
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E.
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing, nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause opportunistic skin, soft tissue, and device-related infections in humans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
acid-fast bacterium
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bacterial species ⓘ pathogenic bacterium ⓘ |
| abbreviation | M. pinnipedii ⓘ |
| acidFastProperty | acid-fast ⓘ |
| acidFastStain | Ziehl–Neelsen positive ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-3 pathogen ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
tuberculosis
ⓘ
zoonotic tuberculosis ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | lipid-rich ⓘ |
| cellWallType | mycolic-acid-rich ⓘ |
| controlMeasures |
infection control in marine mammal facilities
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testing and culling in affected captive pinniped populations ⓘ |
| diseaseInHumans |
extrapulmonary tuberculosis
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pulmonary tuberculosis ⓘ |
| diseaseType | tuberculosis-like disease in pinnipeds ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Mycobacteriaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Mycobacterium ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| growthRate | slow-growing ⓘ |
| hostRange |
marine mammals
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pinnipeds ⓘ |
| identifiedAs | distinct species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ⓘ |
| order | Corynebacteriales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicFor |
fur seals
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pinnipeds ⓘ sea lions ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinobacteria ⓘ |
| primaryReservoir |
other pinnipeds
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seals ⓘ |
| publicHealthRelevance | emerging zoonotic pathogen ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mycobacterium africanum
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Mycobacterium bovis ⓘ Mycobacterium caprae ⓘ Mycobacterium microti ⓘ Mycobacterium tuberculosis ⓘ |
| shape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| stainCharacteristic | weakly Gram-positive ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
aerosol inhalation
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close contact with infected pinnipeds ⓘ |
| zoonosis | yes ⓘ |
| zoonoticAgent | humans ⓘ |
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: Mycobacterium pinnipedii Description of subject: Mycobacterium pinnipedii is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects seals and other pinnipeds, occasionally causing zoonotic tuberculosis in humans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.