Staphylococcus
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Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, round-shaped bacteria commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of humans and animals, including several species that can cause infections.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Staphylococcus canonical | 2 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466928 — 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: Staphylococcus Context triple: [Firmicutes, contains, Staphylococcus]
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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.
Group B Streptococcus
Group B Streptococcus is a type of bacteria commonly found in the gastrointestinal and genital tracts that can cause serious infections in newborns, pregnant women, and adults with weakened immune systems.
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C.
Brevibacterium linens
Brevibacterium linens is a species of bacteria known for producing the characteristic orange-red color and strong aroma of washed-rind cheeses.
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D.
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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E.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
- 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: Staphylococcus Target entity description: Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, round-shaped bacteria commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of humans and animals, including several species that can cause infections.
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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.
Group B Streptococcus
Group B Streptococcus is a type of bacteria commonly found in the gastrointestinal and genital tracts that can cause serious infections in newborns, pregnant women, and adults with weakened immune systems.
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C.
Brevibacterium linens
Brevibacterium linens is a species of bacteria known for producing the characteristic orange-red color and strong aroma of washed-rind cheeses.
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D.
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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E.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| antibioticResistance | includes methicillin-resistant strains in some species ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
bacteremia
ⓘ
endocarditis ⓘ food poisoning ⓘ osteomyelitis ⓘ pneumonia ⓘ sepsis ⓘ skin and soft tissue infections ⓘ toxic shock syndrome ⓘ urinary tract infections ⓘ wound infections ⓘ |
| catalaseActivity | catalase-positive ⓘ |
| cellArrangement | clusters ⓘ |
| cellShape | coccus ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent |
peptidoglycan
ⓘ
teichoic acids ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clinicalRelevance |
common cause of community-acquired infections
ⓘ
major cause of hospital-acquired infections ⓘ |
| coagulaseActivity |
coagulase-negative species present
ⓘ
coagulase-positive species present ⓘ |
| family | Staphylococcaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Friedrich Julius Rosenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1884 ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
animal mucous membranes
ⓘ
animal skin ⓘ human mucous membranes ⓘ human skin ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Staphylococcus aureus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Staphylococcus capitis NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus epidermidis NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus haemolyticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus hominis NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus intermedius group NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus lugdunensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus saprophyticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus simulans NERFINISHED ⓘ Staphylococcus warneri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| naturalReservoir |
animal microbiota
ⓘ
human microbiota ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultative anaerobe ⓘ |
| pathogenicity |
includes opportunistic pathogens
ⓘ
includes primary pathogens ⓘ |
| phylum | Bacillota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Staphylococcus aureus 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: Staphylococcus Description of subject: Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, round-shaped bacteria commonly found on the skin and mucous membranes of humans and animals, including several species that can cause infections.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Staphylococcus aureus