Mycobacterium mungi
E945184
Mycobacterium mungi is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that infects banded mongooses in sub-Saharan Africa, causing a tuberculosis-like disease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacterium mungi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466782 — 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 mungi Context triple: [Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, containsTaxon, Mycobacterium mungi]
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A.
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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B.
Mycobacterium orygis
Mycobacterium orygis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects animals such as oryx and other wildlife but can also cause tuberculosis in humans.
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C.
Mycobacterium pinnipedii
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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D.
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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E.
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes pulmonary infections resembling tuberculosis, particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
- 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 mungi Target entity description: Mycobacterium mungi is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that infects banded mongooses in sub-Saharan Africa, causing a tuberculosis-like disease.
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A.
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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B.
Mycobacterium orygis
Mycobacterium orygis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects animals such as oryx and other wildlife but can also cause tuberculosis in humans.
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C.
Mycobacterium pinnipedii
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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D.
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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E.
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes pulmonary infections resembling tuberculosis, particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterium
ⓘ
mycobacterial species ⓘ pathogenic bacterium ⓘ |
| acidFastStaining | acid-fast positive ⓘ |
| associatedWith | wildlife tuberculosis ⓘ |
| causes | tuberculosis-like disease ⓘ |
| cellWallType | mycolic-acid-rich cell wall ⓘ |
| clinicalSignInHost |
cutaneous lesions
ⓘ
subcutaneous nodules ⓘ systemic tuberculosis-like infection ⓘ |
| controlChallenges | difficult to manage in free-ranging wildlife ⓘ |
| diseaseType | tuberculosis-like disease in banded mongooses ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Mycobacteriaceae ⓘ |
| firstReportedInHost | banded mongoose populations in sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ |
| genus | Mycobacterium ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
sub-Saharan Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sub-Saharan Africa
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| host |
Mungos mungo
ⓘ
banded mongoose ⓘ |
| is | pathogenic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ⓘ |
| naturalReservoir | banded mongoose populations ⓘ |
| order | Actinomycetales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | causes progressive granulomatous disease ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinobacteria ⓘ |
| primaryHost | banded mongoose ⓘ |
| publicHealthRelevance | concern for wildlife health and conservation ⓘ |
| researchField |
mycobacterial pathogenesis
ⓘ
tuberculosis ecology ⓘ wildlife epidemiology ⓘ |
| resembles |
Mycobacterium bovis in pathology
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pathology ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
contact with infected secretions
ⓘ
environmental contamination ⓘ |
| zoonoticStatus | primarily wildlife-associated pathogen ⓘ |
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 mungi Description of subject: Mycobacterium mungi is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that infects banded mongooses in sub-Saharan Africa, causing a tuberculosis-like disease.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.