Seirococcus
E1039910
Seirococcus is a genus of brown seaweeds in the order Fucales, known for its large, bushy marine algae found in coastal waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seirococcus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13409809 — 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: Seirococcus Context triple: [Sargassaceae, familyOf, Seirococcus]
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A.
Smaragdicoccus
Smaragdicoccus is a bacterial genus within the order Corynebacteriales, a group that includes diverse actinobacteria often associated with soil, aquatic environments, and host-associated microbiomes.
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B.
Sporosarcina
Sporosarcina is a genus of Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacteria known for its ability to thrive in soil and decompose urea.
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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.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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E.
Terribacillus
Terribacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria typically found in soil and other environmental habitats.
- 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: Seirococcus Target entity description: Seirococcus is a genus of brown seaweeds in the order Fucales, known for its large, bushy marine algae found in coastal waters.
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A.
Smaragdicoccus
Smaragdicoccus is a bacterial genus within the order Corynebacteriales, a group that includes diverse actinobacteria often associated with soil, aquatic environments, and host-associated microbiomes.
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B.
Sporosarcina
Sporosarcina is a genus of Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacteria known for its ability to thrive in soil and decompose urea.
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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.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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E.
Terribacillus
Terribacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria typically found in soil and other environmental habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brown alga genus
ⓘ
genus ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | brown algae ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | alginates ⓘ |
| class | Phaeophyceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of brown seaweeds ⓘ |
| distribution |
Australasian region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
habitat former
ⓘ
primary producer ⓘ |
| family | Sargassaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
intertidal zone
ⓘ
subtidal zone ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal waters
ⓘ
marine environment ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Seirococcus axillaris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seirococcus compressus NERFINISHED ⓘ Seirococcus gaimardii NERFINISHED ⓘ Seirococcus novae-zelandiae NERFINISHED ⓘ Seirococcus sublatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Seirococcus axillaris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Chromista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | diplohaplontic ⓘ |
| order | Fucales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrganism | true ⓘ |
| phylum | Ochrophyta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pigment |
chlorophyll a
ⓘ
chlorophyll c ⓘ fucoxanthin ⓘ |
| reproduction | oogamous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| thallusMorphology |
bushy
ⓘ
large ⓘ |
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: Seirococcus Description of subject: Seirococcus is a genus of brown seaweeds in the order Fucales, known for its large, bushy marine algae found in coastal waters.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.