Serratia
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Serratia is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria best known for species like Serratia marcescens, which can be opportunistic human pathogens and often produce a characteristic red pigment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Serratia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515277 — 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: Serratia Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Serratia]
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A.
Enterobacter
Enterobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in soil, water, and the intestinal tracts of animals, some species of which are opportunistic human pathogens.
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B.
Pseudomonas
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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C.
Klebsiella
Klebsiella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes important opportunistic human pathogens commonly associated with hospital-acquired infections such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and sepsis.
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D.
Acinetobacter
Acinetobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, opportunistic bacterial pathogens commonly associated with hospital-acquired infections and notable for their multidrug resistance.
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E.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
- 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: Serratia Target entity description: Serratia is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria best known for species like Serratia marcescens, which can be opportunistic human pathogens and often produce a characteristic red pigment.
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A.
Enterobacter
Enterobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in soil, water, and the intestinal tracts of animals, some species of which are opportunistic human pathogens.
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B.
Pseudomonas
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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C.
Klebsiella
Klebsiella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes important opportunistic human pathogens commonly associated with hospital-acquired infections such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and sepsis.
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D.
Acinetobacter
Acinetobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, opportunistic bacterial pathogens commonly associated with hospital-acquired infections and notable for their multidrug resistance.
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E.
Bacillus
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| application | used as a model organism for studying pigment biosynthesis ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
bloodstream infections
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hospital-acquired infections ⓘ neonatal intensive care unit outbreaks ⓘ respiratory tract infections ⓘ urinary tract infections ⓘ wound infections ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | Enterobacteriaceae sensu lato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biofilmFormation | capable of forming biofilms ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | typically handled at biosafety level 2 ⓘ |
| canBe | opportunistic human pathogen ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ |
| colonyColor | often red due to prodigiosin ⓘ |
| enzymeProduction |
produces DNases
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produces chitinases ⓘ produces extracellular proteases ⓘ produces lipases ⓘ |
| family | Yersiniaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Bartolomeo Bizio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedInYear | 1823 ⓘ |
| flagellaType | peritrichous flagella ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
human-made environments
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insects ⓘ plants ⓘ soil ⓘ water ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Serratia entomophila
NERFINISHED
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Serratia fonticola NERFINISHED ⓘ Serratia liquefaciens NERFINISHED ⓘ Serratia marcescens NERFINISHED ⓘ Serratia odorifera NERFINISHED ⓘ Serratia plymuthica NERFINISHED ⓘ Serratia proteamaculans NERFINISHED ⓘ Serratia rubidaea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Serafino Serrati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Enterobacterales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pigmentProduction | often produces red pigment prodigiosin ⓘ |
| quorumSensing | uses quorum sensing for regulation of virulence and pigment ⓘ |
| resistanceProfile | often exhibits intrinsic antibiotic resistance ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperatureRange | mesophilic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Serratia marcescens 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: Serratia Description of subject: Serratia is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria best known for species like Serratia marcescens, which can be opportunistic human pathogens and often produce a characteristic red pigment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.