Gammaproteobacteria
E273015
Gammaproteobacteria is a major and diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many medically and ecologically important genera, such as Vibrio, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gammaproteobacteria canonical | 7 |
| Enterobacterales | 1 |
| Pseudomonadota | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2508971 — 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: Gammaproteobacteria Context triple: [Vibrio cholerae, class, Gammaproteobacteria]
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A.
Campylobacterota
Campylobacterota is a phylum of Gram-negative, often spiral-shaped bacteria that includes several important gastrointestinal pathogens affecting humans and animals.
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B.
Coliiformes
Coliiformes is an order of small, arboreal African birds known as mousebirds, characterized by soft plumage, long tails, and strong climbing abilities.
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C.
Euryarchaeota
Euryarchaeota is a major phylum of Archaea that includes diverse microorganisms such as many methanogens, extreme halophiles, and some thermophiles.
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D.
Korarchaeota
Korarchaeota are a deeply branching, poorly understood lineage of Archaea typically found in high-temperature environments and known mainly from environmental DNA rather than cultivated representatives.
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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: Gammaproteobacteria Target entity description: Gammaproteobacteria is a major and diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many medically and ecologically important genera, such as Vibrio, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas.
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A.
Campylobacterota
Campylobacterota is a phylum of Gram-negative, often spiral-shaped bacteria that includes several important gastrointestinal pathogens affecting humans and animals.
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B.
Corynebacteriales
Corynebacteriales is an order of Gram-positive bacteria that includes medically important genera such as Mycobacterium and Corynebacterium, some of which cause serious human diseases.
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C.
Firmicutes
Firmicutes is a major phylum of mostly Gram-positive bacteria that includes many medically and environmentally important genera, such as Bacillus and Clostridium.
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D.
Coliiformes
Coliiformes is an order of small, arboreal African birds known as mousebirds, characterized by soft plumage, long tails, and strong climbing abilities.
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E.
Euryarchaeota
Euryarchaeota is a major phylum of Archaea that includes diverse microorganisms such as many methanogens, extreme halophiles, and some thermophiles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (88)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class of bacteria
ⓘ
taxonomic class ⓘ |
| cellShape |
coccoid
ⓘ
rod-shaped ⓘ vibrioid ⓘ |
| cellWallType | outer membrane containing lipopolysaccharide ⓘ |
| containsOrder |
Alteromonadales
ⓘ
Chromatiales ⓘ Enterobacterales ⓘ Legionellales ⓘ Methylococcales ⓘ Oceanospirillales ⓘ Pasteurellales ⓘ Pseudomonadales ⓘ Thiotrichales ⓘ Vibrionales ⓘ Xanthomonadales ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
important in carbon cycle
ⓘ
important in global nitrogen cycle ⓘ important in sulfur cycle ⓘ |
| geneticMaterial | circular double-stranded DNA chromosome ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
animal hosts
ⓘ
freshwater environments ⓘ marine environments ⓘ plant hosts ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| importance |
ecologically important
ⓘ
industrially important ⓘ medically important ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Acinetobacter
ⓘ
Aeromonas ⓘ Alteromonadales ⓘ
surface form:
Alteromonas
Beggiatoa ⓘ Buchnera ⓘ Chromatium ⓘ Coxiella ⓘ Enterobacter ⓘ Erwinia ⓘ Escherichia ⓘ Francisella ⓘ Haemophilus ⓘ Klebsiella ⓘ Legionella bacteria ⓘ
surface form:
Legionella
Methylococcus ⓘ Moraxella ⓘ Pasteurella ⓘ Pectobacterium ⓘ Photorhabdus ⓘ Proteus ⓘ Pseudomonas ⓘ Psychrobacter ⓘ Salmonella spp. ⓘ
surface form:
Salmonella
Serratia ⓘ Shewanella ⓘ Shigella ⓘ Thiomicrospira ⓘ Vibrio ⓘ Wigglesworthia ⓘ Xanthomonas ⓘ Xenorhabdus ⓘ Yersinia ⓘ |
| includesPathogensOf |
animals
ⓘ
humans ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| includesSymbiontsOf |
insects
ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism |
chemolithotrophic
ⓘ
chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | often motile with polar flagella ⓘ |
| notableSpeciesExample |
Coxiella
ⓘ
surface form:
Coxiella burnetii
Escherichia coli ⓘ Francisella tularensis ⓘ Legionella bacteria ⓘ
surface form:
Legionella pneumophila
Pseudomonas ⓘ
surface form:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Salmonella spp. ⓘ
surface form:
Salmonella enterica
Vibrio cholerae ⓘ Yersinia pestis ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement |
aerobic
ⓘ
anaerobic ⓘ facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Proteobacteria
ⓘ
Proteobacteria ⓘ
surface form:
Pseudomonadota
|
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gammaproteobacteria Description of subject: Gammaproteobacteria is a major and diverse class of Gram-negative bacteria that includes many medically and ecologically important genera, such as Vibrio, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Enterobacterales
this entity surface form:
Pseudomonadota
subject surface form:
Legionella