Halobacillus
E936465
Halobacillus is a genus of moderately to extremely halophilic, endospore-forming bacteria commonly found in saline and hypersaline environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halobacillus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11607673 — 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: Halobacillus Context triple: [Bacillaceae, includesGenus, Halobacillus]
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A.
Pyrobaculum
Pyrobaculum is a genus of hyperthermophilic archaea known for thriving in extremely high-temperature environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents.
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B.
Sulfolobus
Sulfolobus is a genus of thermophilic, acid-loving archaea commonly found in volcanic hot springs and known for their use as model organisms in extremophile research.
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C.
Sulfolobaceae
Sulfolobaceae is a family of thermoacidophilic archaea commonly found in hot, acidic environments such as volcanic springs.
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D.
Pyrobaculum aerophilum
Pyrobaculum aerophilum is a hyperthermophilic archaeon that thrives in extremely high-temperature, often sulfur-rich environments and serves as a model organism for studying the biology of Crenarchaeota.
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E.
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Sulfolobus solfataricus is a thermoacidophilic archaeon commonly found in volcanic hot springs, widely used as a model organism for studying extremophile biology and archaeal molecular processes.
- 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: Halobacillus Target entity description: Halobacillus is a genus of moderately to extremely halophilic, endospore-forming bacteria commonly found in saline and hypersaline environments.
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A.
Pyrobaculum
Pyrobaculum is a genus of hyperthermophilic archaea known for thriving in extremely high-temperature environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents.
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B.
Sulfolobus
Sulfolobus is a genus of thermophilic, acid-loving archaea commonly found in volcanic hot springs and known for their use as model organisms in extremophile research.
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C.
Sulfolobaceae
Sulfolobaceae is a family of thermoacidophilic archaea commonly found in hot, acidic environments such as volcanic springs.
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D.
Pyrobaculum aerophilum
Pyrobaculum aerophilum is a hyperthermophilic archaeon that thrives in extremely high-temperature, often sulfur-rich environments and serves as a model organism for studying the biology of Crenarchaeota.
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E.
Sulfolobus solfataricus
Sulfolobus solfataricus is a thermoacidophilic archaeon commonly found in volcanic hot springs, widely used as a model organism for studying extremophile biology and archaeal molecular processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| adaptation | accumulates compatible solutes for osmotic balance ⓘ |
| cellArrangement | single or in short chains ⓘ |
| cellMorphology | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | contributes to nutrient cycling in hypersaline ecosystems ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Spring et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| forms | endospores ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| growthTemperatureRange | mesophilic ⓘ |
| halophily |
extremely halophilic
ⓘ
moderately halophilic ⓘ |
| industrialRelevance | source of salt-tolerant enzymes ⓘ |
| knownSpecies |
Halobacillus aidingensis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halobacillus alkaliphilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus dabanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus faecis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus halophilus NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus hunanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus karajensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus litoralis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus locisalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus mangrovi NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus profundi NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus qingdaonensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus salinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus salsuginis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus shengliensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus trueperi NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus xianhensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Halobacillus yeomjeoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metabolism | chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile with peritrichous flagella ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Bacillaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Bacillota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| saltTolerance | requires elevated NaCl concentrations for optimal growth ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | forms heat-resistant endospores ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Halobacillus halophilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
hypersaline environments
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marine environments ⓘ saline environments ⓘ salt lakes ⓘ solar salterns ⓘ |
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: Halobacillus Description of subject: Halobacillus is a genus of moderately to extremely halophilic, endospore-forming bacteria commonly found in saline and hypersaline environments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.