Mycobacteriaceae
E928040
Mycobacteriaceae is a family of rod-shaped, acid-fast bacteria that includes medically important pathogens such as those causing tuberculosis and leprosy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacteriaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466478 — 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: Mycobacteriaceae Context triple: [Mycobacterium, family, Mycobacteriaceae]
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A.
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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B.
Coryneaceae
Coryneaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising species often associated with plant hosts as pathogens or endophytes.
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C.
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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D.
Bacillaceae
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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E.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
- 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: Mycobacteriaceae Target entity description: Mycobacteriaceae is a family of rod-shaped, acid-fast bacteria that includes medically important pathogens such as those causing tuberculosis and leprosy.
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A.
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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B.
Coryneaceae
Coryneaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising species often associated with plant hosts as pathogens or endophytes.
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C.
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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D.
Bacillaceae
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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E.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
leprosy
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nontuberculous mycobacterial infections ⓘ opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts ⓘ tuberculosis ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | mycolic acids ⓘ |
| class | Actinomycetia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Mycobacterium abscessus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mycobacterium avium NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium bovis NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium fortuitum NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium kansasii NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium leprae NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium marinum NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium tuberculosis NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium ulcerans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diagnosticFeature |
acid-fast staining with Ziehl–Neelsen method
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high G+C content in DNA ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive-like ⓘ |
| growthRate |
rapid-growing in some species
ⓘ
slow-growing in many species ⓘ |
| habitat |
host-associated environments
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soil ⓘ water ⓘ |
| hasGenus |
Hoyosella
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mycobacterium NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycolicibacter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycolicibacterium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesPathogen |
Mycobacterium avium complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mycobacterium bovis NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium leprae NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium tuberculosis NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium ulcerans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
intracellular survival in host macrophages for many species
ⓘ
lipid-rich cell envelope ⓘ |
| order | Mycobacteriales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
animals
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinomycetota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resistanceCharacteristic |
resistant to desiccation
ⓘ
resistant to many disinfectants ⓘ |
| stainingCharacteristic | acid-fast ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Mycobacterium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Mycobacteriaceae Description of subject: Mycobacteriaceae is a family of rod-shaped, acid-fast bacteria that includes medically important pathogens such as those causing tuberculosis and leprosy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.