Mycobacterium bovis
E462931
Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacterium bovis canonical | 4 |
| Mycobacterium bovis BCG | 1 |
| Mycobacterium caprae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4689773 — 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: Mycobacterium bovis Context triple: [BCG vaccine, derivedFrom, Mycobacterium bovis]
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A.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
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B.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
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C.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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D.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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E.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
- 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: Mycobacterium bovis Target entity description: Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
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A.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
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B.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
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C.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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D.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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E.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial species
ⓘ
pathogenic bacterium ⓘ |
| acidFastStaining | Ziehl–Neelsen positive ⓘ |
| basisOf | BCG vaccine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-3 ⓘ |
| canInfect |
badgers
ⓘ
deer ⓘ goats ⓘ pigs ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
bovine tuberculosis
ⓘ
zoonotic tuberculosis ⓘ |
| cellEnvelopeFeature | high lipid content ⓘ |
| cellWallType | mycolic-acid-rich ⓘ |
| controlStrategy |
pasteurization of milk
ⓘ
test-and-slaughter in cattle ⓘ |
| diagnosticMethod |
culture and PCR from clinical samples
ⓘ
interferon-gamma release assay in cattle ⓘ tuberculin skin test in cattle ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Albert Calmette
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Camille Guérin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Mycobacteriaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Mycobacterium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gramStain | acid-fast ⓘ |
| growthMedium | Lowenstein–Jensen medium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthRate | slow-growing ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| notableStrain | Mycobacterium bovis BCG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Corynebacteriales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicFor |
cattle
ⓘ
humans ⓘ wildlife ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryHost | cattle ⓘ |
| publicHealthConcern | zoonotic tuberculosis in low-resource settings ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Mycobacterium tuberculosis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resistantTo | pyrazinamide ⓘ |
| shape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
aerosol inhalation
ⓘ
ingestion of contaminated milk ⓘ |
| treatment |
isoniazid-based regimens
ⓘ
rifampicin-based regimens ⓘ |
| usedFor | production of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine ⓘ |
| vaccineTypeDerived | live attenuated vaccine ⓘ |
| zoonotic | true ⓘ |
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: Mycobacterium bovis Description of subject: Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing, pathogenic bacterium that primarily causes tuberculosis in cattle and can infect humans, and it serves as the basis for the widely used BCG vaccine.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mycobacterium bovis BCG
this entity surface form:
Mycobacterium caprae