microorganism
C2779
concept
A microorganism is a microscopic living organism, such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, or protozoan, that is too small to be seen with the naked eye and typically requires a microscope for observation.
All labels observed (56)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| bacterial genus | 85 |
| virus | 14 |
| pathogenic bacterium | 12 |
| virus species | 7 |
| bacterial family | 6 |
| oomycete | 6 |
| Gram-positive bacterium | 4 |
| bacterial phylum | 4 |
| pathogen | 4 |
| archaeal superphylum | 3 |
| microorganism canonical | 3 |
| nontuberculous mycobacterium | 3 |
| acid-fast bacterium | 2 |
| bioluminescent bacterium | 2 |
| bioluminescent organism | 2 |
| non-tuberculous mycobacterium | 2 |
| unicellular eukaryote group | 2 |
| water mold | 2 |
| Escherichia coli strain | 1 |
| Gram-negative bacteria | 1 |
| Microorganism | 1 |
| acid-fast bacillus | 1 |
| anaerobic bacteria group | 1 |
| anaerobic bacterium | 1 |
| archaeal strain | 1 |
| bacterial class | 1 |
| bacterialPathotype | 1 |
| beta-hemolytic Streptococcus | 1 |
| class of bacteria | 1 |
| coccobacillus | 1 |
| dinoflagellate | 1 |
| excavate protists | 1 |
| facultative anaerobe | 1 |
| fish pathogen | 1 |
| free-living amoeba | 1 |
| free-living organism | 1 |
| lactic acid bacterium genus | 1 |
| marine bacterium | 1 |
| microsporidian parasite | 1 |
| mycobacterial species | 1 |
| mycobacterium | 1 |
| opportunistic human pathogen | 1 |
| pathogenic bacteria | 1 |
| probiotic microorganism | 1 |
| protist | 1 |
| protists | 1 |
| rapidly growing mycobacterium | 1 |
| saprobes | 1 |
| soil bacterium | 1 |
| soil microorganism | 1 |
| spirochete | 1 |
| spore-based lifeform | 1 |
| symbiotic microorganism | 1 |
| thermoacidophilic archaeon | 1 |
| thermophilic organism | 1 |
| unicellular eukaryote | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: microorganism
Generated description
A microorganism is a microscopic living organism, such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, or protozoan, that is too small to be seen with the naked eye and typically requires a microscope for observation.
Instances (177)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Propionibacterium | bacterial genus |
| Gardnerella | bacterial genus |
| Actinomyces | bacterial genus |
| Oceanobacillus | bacterial genus |
| Halobacillus | bacterial genus |
| Virgibacillus | bacterial genus |
| Mycobacterium canettii | pathogen |
| Bacillus megaterium | Gram-positive bacterium |
| Alicyclobacillus | bacterial genus |
| Planococcus | bacterial genus |
| Brochothrix | bacterial genus |
| Kurthia | bacterial genus |
| Macrococcus | bacterial genus |
| Gemella | bacterial genus |
| Aerococcus | bacterial genus |
| Paenibacillus | bacterial genus |
| Mycobacterium pinnipedii | pathogenic bacterium |
| Exiguobacterium | bacterial genus |
| Mycobacterium orygis | pathogenic bacterium |
| Anoxybacillus | bacterial genus |
| Mycobacterium mungi | pathogenic bacterium |
| Geobacillus | bacterial genus |
| Terribacillus | bacterial genus |
| Lysinibacillus | bacterial genus |
| Mycobacterium suricattae | pathogenic bacterium |
| Salimicrobium | bacterial genus |
| Jeotgalibacillus | bacterial genus |