Actinobacteria
E275302
Actinobacteria is a major phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C content that includes many soil-dwelling species as well as important pathogens and antibiotic producers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Actinomycetia | 3 |
| Actinomycetota | 3 |
| Actinobacteria canonical | 2 |
| Actinobacteriota | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2504116 — 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: Actinobacteria Context triple: [Mycobacterium tuberculosis, phylum, Actinobacteria]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
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D.
Gammaproteobacteria
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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E.
Monera
Monera is a former biological kingdom that comprised all prokaryotic, single-celled organisms such as bacteria and archaea, distinguished by their lack of a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
- 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: Actinobacteria Target entity description: Actinobacteria is a major phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C content that includes many soil-dwelling species as well as important pathogens and antibiotic producers.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
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D.
Gammaproteobacteria
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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E.
Monera
Monera is a former biological kingdom that comprised all prokaryotic, single-celled organisms such as bacteria and archaea, distinguished by their lack of a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial phylum ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Actinobacteria
ⓘ
surface form:
Actinomycetota
|
| associatedWith |
human gut microbiota
ⓘ
human skin microbiota ⓘ |
| cellShape | non-motile in many species ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| contains |
Actinomyces
ⓘ
Bifidobacterium ⓘ Corynebacterium ⓘ Gardnerella ⓘ Mycobacterium ⓘ Nocardia ⓘ Propionibacterium ⓘ Streptomyces ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Greek "aktis" (ray) and "bakterion" (little rod) ⓘ |
| GCContent | high G+C content ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
animal-associated environments
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ marine environments ⓘ plant-associated environments ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| includes |
antibiotic-producing species
ⓘ
many soil-dwelling species ⓘ pathogenic species ⓘ |
| includesCommensal |
Bifidobacterium
ⓘ
surface form:
Bifidobacterium longum
Propionibacterium ⓘ
surface form:
Cutibacterium acnes
|
| includesPathogen |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
ⓘ
Mycobacterium leprae ⓘ Mycobacterium tuberculosis ⓘ Nocardia asteroides ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| knownFor |
production of antibiotics
ⓘ
production of antifungal compounds ⓘ production of antitumor compounds ⓘ production of immunosuppressive agents ⓘ production of secondary metabolites ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| morphology |
coccoid cells
ⓘ
filamentous growth ⓘ rod-shaped cells ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement |
aerobic
ⓘ
facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
animals
ⓘ
humans ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
decomposition of organic matter
ⓘ
humus formation in soil ⓘ nutrient cycling ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-motile spores in many genera ⓘ |
| superphylum | Actinobacteria–related lineages ⓘ |
| taxonRank | phylum ⓘ |
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: Actinobacteria Description of subject: Actinobacteria is a major phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high G+C content that includes many soil-dwelling species as well as important pathogens and antibiotic producers.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Actinobacteriota
this entity surface form:
Actinomycetia
this entity surface form:
Actinomycetota
this entity surface form:
Actinomycetia
this entity surface form:
Actinomycetota
this entity surface form:
Actinomycetia
this entity surface form:
Actinomycetota