Streptococcus
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Streptococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often chain-forming bacteria that includes many species significant as human pathogens, such as those causing strep throat, pneumonia, and meningitis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Streptococcus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466929 — 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: Streptococcus Context triple: [Firmicutes, contains, Streptococcus]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and 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: Streptococcus Target entity description: Streptococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often chain-forming bacteria that includes many species significant as human pathogens, such as those causing strep throat, pneumonia, and meningitis.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
bacterial endocarditis
ⓘ
cellulitis ⓘ dental caries ⓘ meningitis ⓘ necrotizing fasciitis ⓘ neonatal sepsis ⓘ otitis media ⓘ pneumonia ⓘ rheumatic fever ⓘ scarlet fever ⓘ sinusitis ⓘ strep throat ⓘ toxic shock syndrome ⓘ |
| catalaseActivity | catalase-negative ⓘ |
| cellArrangement |
chains
ⓘ
pairs ⓘ |
| cellShape | coccus ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent |
peptidoglycan
ⓘ
teichoic acids ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| classificationSystem | Lancefield grouping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Theodor Billroth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Streptococcaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
human gastrointestinal tract
ⓘ
human genitourinary tract ⓘ human skin ⓘ human upper respiratory tract ⓘ |
| hemolysisPattern |
alpha-hemolytic
ⓘ
beta-hemolytic ⓘ gamma-hemolytic ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Streptococcus agalactiae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Streptococcus anginosus NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus bovis NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus dysgalactiae NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus mitis NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus mutans NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus oralis NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus pneumoniae NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus pyogenes NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus salivarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus sanguinis NERFINISHED ⓘ Streptococcus suis ⓘ Streptococcus thermophilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lancefieldGroups |
group A
ⓘ
group B ⓘ group C ⓘ group G ⓘ |
| metabolism | fermentative ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| order | Lactobacillales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultative anaerobe ⓘ |
| oxygenTolerance | aerotolerant anaerobe ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
animals
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| phylum | Bacillota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| usedIn |
dairy fermentation
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yogurt production ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1874 ⓘ |
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: Streptococcus Description of subject: Streptococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often chain-forming bacteria that includes many species significant as human pathogens, such as those causing strep throat, pneumonia, and meningitis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.