Pseudomonas
E930646
Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gram-negative bacteria known for their metabolic versatility, environmental ubiquity, and inclusion of important opportunistic human and plant pathogens.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pseudomonas canonical | 1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515270 — 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: Pseudomonas Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Pseudomonas]
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A.
Yersinia
Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
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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.
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
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D.
Mycobacterium abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing, opportunistic nontuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes difficult-to-treat lung, skin, and soft tissue infections, particularly in individuals with underlying lung disease or weakened immune systems.
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E.
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
- 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: Pseudomonas Target entity description: Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gram-negative bacteria known for their metabolic versatility, environmental ubiquity, and inclusion of important opportunistic human and plant pathogens.
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A.
Yersinia
Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
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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.
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
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D.
Mycobacterium abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing, opportunistic nontuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes difficult-to-treat lung, skin, and soft tissue infections, particularly in individuals with underlying lung disease or weakened immune systems.
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E.
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| antibioticResistance | often multidrug-resistant ⓘ |
| biofilmFormation | forms biofilms ⓘ |
| biotechnologicalUse |
bioremediation of pollutants
ⓘ
industrial biocatalysis ⓘ |
| carbonSourceUtilization | utilizes a wide range of organic compounds ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diseaseAssociation |
opportunistic infections in immunocompromised humans
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plant leaf spot diseases ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
biocontrol agent against plant pathogens in some strains
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plant growth promotion in some strains ⓘ |
| family | Pseudomonadaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Walter Migula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1894 ⓘ |
| flagellaType | polar flagella ⓘ |
| genomeCharacteristic | relatively large genomes compared to many bacteria ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
clinical environments
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freshwater ⓘ marine environments ⓘ plant surfaces ⓘ rhizosphere ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolicCharacteristic |
catalase-positive
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chemoorganotrophic ⓘ metabolically versatile ⓘ oxidase-positive ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| namingEtymology | derived from Greek meaning false unit or false diphtheria bacillus ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pseudomonas fluorescens NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudomonas fragi ⓘ Pseudomonas mendocina NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudomonas putida NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudomonas stutzeri NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudomonas syringae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Pseudomonadales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity |
includes opportunistic human pathogens
ⓘ
includes plant pathogens ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pigmentProduction | produces water-soluble pigments in some species ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperatureRange | mesophilic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Pseudomonas aeruginosa 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: Pseudomonas Description of subject: Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gram-negative bacteria known for their metabolic versatility, environmental ubiquity, and inclusion of important opportunistic human and plant pathogens.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa