Thiomicrospira
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Thiomicrospira is a genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria commonly found in marine and hydrothermal environments, known for its role in chemolithoautotrophic energy metabolism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thiomicrospira canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515289 — 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: Thiomicrospira Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Thiomicrospira]
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A.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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B.
Nitrososphaera
Nitrososphaera is a genus of ammonia-oxidizing archaea commonly found in soil and other terrestrial environments, playing a key role in the global nitrogen cycle.
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C.
Nitrosopumilus
Nitrosopumilus is a genus of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea that plays a key role in the global nitrogen cycle, particularly in oceanic environments.
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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.
Pyrobaculum
Pyrobaculum is a genus of hyperthermophilic archaea known for thriving in extremely high-temperature environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents.
- 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: Thiomicrospira Target entity description: Thiomicrospira is a genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria commonly found in marine and hydrothermal environments, known for its role in chemolithoautotrophic energy metabolism.
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A.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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B.
Nitrososphaera
Nitrososphaera is a genus of ammonia-oxidizing archaea commonly found in soil and other terrestrial environments, playing a key role in the global nitrogen cycle.
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C.
Nitrosopumilus
Nitrosopumilus is a genus of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea that plays a key role in the global nitrogen cycle, particularly in oceanic environments.
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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.
Pyrobaculum
Pyrobaculum is a genus of hyperthermophilic archaea known for thriving in extremely high-temperature environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacteria genus
ⓘ
genus ⓘ |
| carbonSource | carbon dioxide ⓘ |
| cellShape |
rod-shaped
ⓘ
spiral-shaped ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph ⓘ |
| electronDonor |
elemental sulfur
ⓘ
sulfide ⓘ thiosulfate ⓘ |
| energySource | reduced sulfur compounds ⓘ |
| family | Thiotrichaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
hydrothermal vent chimneys
ⓘ
hydrothermal vent plumes ⓘ seawater ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
deep-sea sediments
ⓘ
hydrothermal vent environments ⓘ marine environments ⓘ sulfidic environments ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Thiomicrospira chilensis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thiomicrospira crunogena NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiomicrospira denitrificans NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiomicrospira kuenenii NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiomicrospira pelophila NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiomicrospira psychrophila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes | hydrothermal vent chemolithoautotrophs ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metabolismType | chemolithoautotrophic ⓘ |
| namedBy |
H. Biebl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
N. Pfennig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Thiotrichales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRelationship | aerobic ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Thiotrichaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
biogeochemical cycling of sulfur
ⓘ
primary production in deep-sea ecosystems ⓘ sulfur cycle ⓘ |
| reclassifiedSpecies |
Hydrogenovibrio crunogenus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thiomicrospira denitrificans (to Thiomicrorhabdus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | mesophilic ⓘ |
| trophicType | autotrophic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Thiomicrospira pelophila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesEnzyme | ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase ⓘ |
| usesPathway | Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1972 ⓘ |
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: Thiomicrospira Description of subject: Thiomicrospira is a genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria commonly found in marine and hydrothermal environments, known for its role in chemolithoautotrophic energy metabolism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.