Tsukamurella
E928046
Tsukamurella is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped actinobacteria known for causing opportunistic infections in humans and being related to other mycolic acid–containing bacteria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tsukamurella canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466537 — 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: Tsukamurella Context triple: [Corynebacteriales, containsGenus, Tsukamurella]
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A.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
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B.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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C.
Nageia
Nageia is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Podocarpaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for their broad, flat, leaf-like needles.
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D.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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E.
Kohlmeyeriella
Kohlmeyeriella is a genus of marine fungi within the order Lulworthiales, known for inhabiting and decomposing submerged wood and other marine substrates.
- 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: Tsukamurella Target entity description: Tsukamurella is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped actinobacteria known for causing opportunistic infections in humans and being related to other mycolic acid–containing bacteria.
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A.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
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B.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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C.
Nageia
Nageia is a small genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Podocarpaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for their broad, flat, leaf-like needles.
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D.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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E.
Kohlmeyeriella
Kohlmeyeriella is a genus of marine fungi within the order Lulworthiales, known for inhabiting and decomposing submerged wood and other marine substrates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| acidFastness | partially acid-fast ⓘ |
| antimicrobialSusceptibility |
generally susceptible to aminoglycosides
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generally susceptible to fluoroquinolones ⓘ variable susceptibility to beta-lactams ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
bacteremia
ⓘ
catheter-related bloodstream infection ⓘ endocarditis ⓘ pulmonary infection ⓘ skin and soft tissue infection ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | mycolic acid–containing actinobacteria ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-2 organism ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | high lipid content ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | mycolic acids ⓘ |
| class | Actinomycetia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonyMorphology |
dry colonies
ⓘ
wrinkled colonies ⓘ |
| diagnosticMethod |
16S rRNA gene sequencing
ⓘ
biochemical testing ⓘ |
| family | Tsukamurellaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | M. Yassin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| geneticMaterial | circular double-stranded DNA chromosome ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
environmental sources
ⓘ
soil ⓘ water ⓘ |
| infectionType | nosocomial infection ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| knownFor | causing opportunistic infections in humans ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tsukamura Masataka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Mycobacteriales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | opportunistic pathogen ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinomycetota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mycobacterium
NERFINISHED
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Nocardia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodococcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| riskGroup |
immunocompromised patients
ⓘ
patients with indwelling medical devices ⓘ |
| typicalHost | humans ⓘ |
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: Tsukamurella Description of subject: Tsukamurella is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped actinobacteria known for causing opportunistic infections in humans and being related to other mycolic acid–containing bacteria.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.