Salimicrobium
E948705
Salimicrobium is a genus of Gram-positive, halophilic bacteria typically found in saline or hypersaline environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salimicrobium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642992 — 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: Salimicrobium Context triple: [Bacillales, includesGenus, Salimicrobium]
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A.
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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B.
Thiomicrospira
Thiomicrospira is a genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria commonly found in marine and hydrothermal environments, known for its role in chemolithoautotrophic energy metabolism.
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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Terribacillus
Terribacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria typically found in soil and other environmental habitats.
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E.
Nitrosopumilus
Nitrosopumilus is a genus of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea that plays a key role in the global nitrogen cycle, particularly in oceanic 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: Salimicrobium Target entity description: Salimicrobium is a genus of Gram-positive, halophilic bacteria typically found in saline or hypersaline environments.
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A.
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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B.
Thiomicrospira
Thiomicrospira is a genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria commonly found in marine and hydrothermal environments, known for its role in chemolithoautotrophic energy metabolism.
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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Terribacillus
Terribacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria typically found in soil and other environmental habitats.
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E.
Nitrosopumilus
Nitrosopumilus is a genus of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea that plays a key role in the global nitrogen cycle, particularly in oceanic environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| cellArrangement | single rods ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallType | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class |
Bacilli
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillales
|
| colonyMorphology | forms colonies on marine or saline media ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | member of microbial communities in saline habitats ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| halophily | halophilic ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| salinityTolerance | tolerates high salt concentrations ⓘ |
| saltRequirement | requires elevated NaCl concentration for growth ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Salimicrobium halophilum ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
hypersaline environments
ⓘ
saline environments ⓘ salt lakes ⓘ salterns ⓘ |
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: Salimicrobium Description of subject: Salimicrobium is a genus of Gram-positive, halophilic bacteria typically found in saline or hypersaline environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.