Bacillaceae
E275303
Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes medically and environmentally significant genera such as Bacillus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bacillaceae canonical | 2 |
| Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2504169 — 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: Bacillaceae Context triple: [Bacillus anthracis, family, Bacillaceae]
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
Vibrionaceae
Vibrionaceae is a family of Gram-negative, mostly aquatic bacteria that includes several medically important pathogens such as Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera.
- 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: Bacillaceae Target entity description: Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes medically and environmentally significant genera such as Bacillus.
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
Vibrionaceae
Vibrionaceae is a family of Gram-negative, mostly aquatic bacteria that includes several medically important pathogens such as Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial family ⓘ |
| beneficialGenusExample | Bacillus subtilis ⓘ |
| cellArrangement | single rods or chains ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | thick peptidoglycan layer ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposition of organic matter
ⓘ
nutrient cycling ⓘ |
| formsEndospores | true ⓘ |
| genomeType | circular double-stranded DNA ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
extreme environments such as hot springs
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ marine environments ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Anoxybacillus
ⓘ
Bacillus ⓘ Geobacillus ⓘ Halobacillus ⓘ Lysinibacillus ⓘ Oceanobacillus ⓘ Virgibacillus ⓘ |
| industrialUse |
production of antibiotics
ⓘ
production of enzymes ⓘ production of insecticidal proteins ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| medicalSignificance |
includes foodborne pathogens
ⓘ
includes human pathogens ⓘ |
| metabolism | mostly chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | often motile with peritrichous flagella ⓘ |
| namingAuthority |
Bacillaceae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bacillaceae Fischer 1895
|
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRelationship | aerobic or facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicGenusExample |
Bacillus anthracis
ⓘ
Bacillus ⓘ
surface form:
Bacillus cereus
|
| phylum |
Firmicutes
ⓘ
surface form:
Bacillota
|
| relevance |
biotechnologically significant
ⓘ
environmentally significant ⓘ medically significant ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| sporeFunction | survival under adverse conditions ⓘ |
| sporeLocation | subterminal or terminal endospores ⓘ |
| sporeResistance |
endospores resistant to desiccation
ⓘ
endospores resistant to heat ⓘ endospores resistant to many chemicals ⓘ |
| taxonomicStatus | validly published bacterial name ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Bacillus ⓘ |
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: Bacillaceae Description of subject: Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes medically and environmentally significant genera such as Bacillus.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bacillaceae Fischer 1895