Terribacillus
E946601
Terribacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria typically found in soil and other environmental habitats.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terribacillus canonical | 1 |
| Terribacillus saccharophilus | 1 |
| Terribacillus saccharophilus DSM 17113 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642991 — 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: Terribacillus Context triple: [Bacillales, includesGenus, Terribacillus]
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A.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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B.
Anoxybacillus
Anoxybacillus is a genus of thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria commonly found in hot springs and other high-temperature environments.
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C.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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D.
Exiguobacterium
Exiguobacterium is a genus of Gram-positive, often psychrotolerant bacteria known for inhabiting diverse and sometimes extreme environments such as cold soils, hot springs, and high-salinity habitats.
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E.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
- 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: Terribacillus Target entity description: Terribacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria typically found in soil and other environmental habitats.
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A.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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B.
Anoxybacillus
Anoxybacillus is a genus of thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria commonly found in hot springs and other high-temperature environments.
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C.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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D.
Exiguobacterium
Exiguobacterium is a genus of Gram-positive, often psychrotolerant bacteria known for inhabiting diverse and sometimes extreme environments such as cold soils, hot springs, and high-salinity habitats.
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E.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| cellArrangement |
short chains
ⓘ
single rods ⓘ |
| cellWallType | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| class |
Bacilli
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillales
|
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| endosporeFormation | subterminal endospores ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| familyIncludesGenus | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| GCContent | low G+C Gram-positive bacteria ⓘ |
| gramStain | positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
environmental samples
ⓘ
saline environments ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| hasTypeStrain |
Terribacillus saccharophilus DSM 17113
ⓘ
linked to:
Terribacillus
|
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| namedBy | An et al. ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| saltTolerance | moderately halophilic ⓘ |
| shape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| sporeForming | true ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Terribacillus saccharophilus
ⓘ
linked to:
Terribacillus
|
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: Terribacillus Description of subject: Terribacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria typically found in soil and other environmental habitats.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Terribacillus
linked to: Terribacillus