Xanthomonas
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Xanthomonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria known primarily for causing a wide range of plant diseases that affect important agricultural crops worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xanthomonas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515280 — 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: Xanthomonas Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Xanthomonas]
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A.
Hyaloperonospora
Hyaloperonospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various cruciferous and other host plants.
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B.
Peronospora
Peronospora is a genus of water molds known for causing downy mildew diseases on a wide range of plants.
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C.
Colletotrichum
Colletotrichum is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing anthracnose diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants.
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D.
Sclerospora
Sclerospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases in grasses and cereal crops.
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E.
Pseudoperonospora
Pseudoperonospora is a genus of water mold pathogens known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including important agricultural crops.
- 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: Xanthomonas Target entity description: Xanthomonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria known primarily for causing a wide range of plant diseases that affect important agricultural crops worldwide.
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A.
Hyaloperonospora
Hyaloperonospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases on various cruciferous and other host plants.
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B.
Peronospora
Peronospora is a genus of water molds known for causing downy mildew diseases on a wide range of plants.
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C.
Colletotrichum
Colletotrichum is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing anthracnose diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants.
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D.
Sclerospora
Sclerospora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens best known for causing downy mildew diseases in grasses and cereal crops.
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E.
Pseudoperonospora
Pseudoperonospora is a genus of water mold pathogens known for causing downy mildew diseases on various plants, including important agricultural crops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
bacterial blight
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bacterial canker ⓘ bacterial leaf spot ⓘ bacterial leaf streak of rice ⓘ bacterial pustule of soybean ⓘ bacterial spot of pepper ⓘ bacterial spot of tomato ⓘ bacterial streak ⓘ bacterial wilt ⓘ black rot of crucifers ⓘ citrus canker ⓘ citrus variegated chlorosis ⓘ common bacterial blight of bean ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ |
| colonyColor | yellow ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
copper-based bactericides
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quarantine and phytosanitary measures ⓘ resistant plant varieties ⓘ seed sanitation ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
crop yield losses
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reduced crop quality ⓘ |
| environmentalPreference |
humid conditions
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warm climates ⓘ |
| family | Xanthomonadaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flagellation | polar flagella ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| hasPigment | xanthomonadin ⓘ |
| hasVirulenceFactor |
effector proteins
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type III secretion system ⓘ |
| hostRange |
dicot plants
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monocot plants ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Xanthomonas albilineans
NERFINISHED
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Xanthomonas arboricola NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas axonopodis NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas campestris NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas citri NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas euvesicatoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas fragariae NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas oryzae NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas perforans NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas phaseoli NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas translucens NERFINISHED ⓘ Xanthomonas vesicatoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
causing plant diseases
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infecting important agricultural crops ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| order | Xanthomonadales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo | plants ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plantTissueTarget |
leaf mesophyll
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phloem ⓘ xylem ⓘ |
| produces |
extracellular polysaccharides
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plant cell wall–degrading enzymes ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| transmissionMode |
contaminated tools and equipment
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infected seed ⓘ rain splash ⓘ wind-driven rain ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Xanthomonas campestris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Xanthomonas Description of subject: Xanthomonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria known primarily for causing a wide range of plant diseases that affect important agricultural crops worldwide.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.