Shewanella
E931844
Shewanella is a genus of versatile, Gram-negative bacteria known for their ability to respire a wide range of electron acceptors, including metals, in diverse aquatic and sediment environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shewanella canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515285 — 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: Shewanella Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Shewanella]
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A.
Psychrobacter
Psychrobacter is a genus of cold-adapted, often psychrophilic bacteria commonly found in low-temperature environments such as polar regions, deep seas, and refrigerated foods.
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B.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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C.
Thiomicrospira
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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D.
Salinivibrio
Salinivibrio is a genus of halophilic, Gram-negative bacteria typically found in saline and hypersaline environments such as salt lakes and salterns.
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E.
Nitratiruptor
Nitratiruptor is a genus of deep-sea, thermophilic, nitrate-reducing bacteria commonly found in hydrothermal vent 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: Shewanella Target entity description: Shewanella is a genus of versatile, Gram-negative bacteria known for their ability to respire a wide range of electron acceptors, including metals, in diverse aquatic and sediment environments.
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A.
Psychrobacter
Psychrobacter is a genus of cold-adapted, often psychrophilic bacteria commonly found in low-temperature environments such as polar regions, deep seas, and refrigerated foods.
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B.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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C.
Thiomicrospira
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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D.
Salinivibrio
Salinivibrio is a genus of halophilic, Gram-negative bacteria typically found in saline and hypersaline environments such as salt lakes and salterns.
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E.
Nitratiruptor
Nitratiruptor is a genus of deep-sea, thermophilic, nitrate-reducing bacteria commonly found in hydrothermal vent environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| application |
bioelectrochemical systems
ⓘ
bioremediation of metal-contaminated environments ⓘ bioremediation of radionuclides ⓘ microbial fuel cells ⓘ |
| associatedWith | spoilage of refrigerated fish ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
biogeochemical cycling of carbon
ⓘ
biogeochemical cycling of metals ⓘ biogeochemical cycling of sulfur ⓘ |
| electronAcceptor |
chromate
ⓘ
dimethyl sulfoxide ⓘ fumarate ⓘ iron(III) ⓘ manganese(IV) ⓘ nitrate ⓘ oxygen ⓘ sulfur compounds ⓘ trimethylamine N-oxide ⓘ uranium(VI) ⓘ |
| energyMetabolism |
dissimilatory metal reduction
ⓘ
extracellular electron transfer ⓘ |
| family | Shewanellaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedAsGenus | 1985 ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
aquatic environments
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freshwater sediments ⓘ marine sediments ⓘ oxic-anoxic interfaces ⓘ subsurface environments ⓘ |
| metabolismType |
facultative anaerobe
ⓘ
respiratory versatile bacterium ⓘ |
| motility | flagellated ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James M. Shewan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Shewanella baltica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shewanella frigidimarina NERFINISHED ⓘ Shewanella oneidensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Shewanella putrefaciens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Alteromonadales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outerMembraneComponent |
MtrCAB complex
ⓘ
c-type cytochromes ⓘ |
| oxygenTolerance |
aerobic
ⓘ
anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | opportunistic human pathogen (rare) ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Shewanella putrefaciens 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: Shewanella Description of subject: Shewanella is a genus of versatile, Gram-negative bacteria known for their ability to respire a wide range of electron acceptors, including metals, in diverse aquatic and sediment environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.