Exiguobacterium
E943255
Exiguobacterium is a genus of Gram-positive, often psychrotolerant bacteria known for inhabiting diverse and sometimes extreme environments such as cold soils, hot springs, and high-salinity habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exiguobacterium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642988 — 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: Exiguobacterium Context triple: [Bacillales, includesGenus, Exiguobacterium]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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E.
Oceanobacillus
Oceanobacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in marine and saline 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: Exiguobacterium Target entity description: Exiguobacterium is a genus of Gram-positive, often psychrotolerant bacteria known for inhabiting diverse and sometimes extreme environments such as cold soils, hot springs, and high-salinity habitats.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Sulfurospirillum
Sulfurospirillum is a genus of spiral-shaped, sulfur-reducing bacteria commonly found in anaerobic aquatic and sediment environments.
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D.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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E.
Oceanobacillus
Oceanobacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in marine and saline environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Exiguobacterium acetylicum
NERFINISHED
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Exiguobacterium antarcticum NERFINISHED ⓘ Exiguobacterium mexicanum NERFINISHED ⓘ Exiguobacterium oxidotolerans NERFINISHED ⓘ Exiguobacterium pavilionensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Exiguobacterium sibiricum NERFINISHED ⓘ Exiguobacterium undae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Collins et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| genomeFeature | relatively small genome size ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
alkaline environments
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cold soils ⓘ freshwater environments ⓘ glacial ice ⓘ high-salinity environments ⓘ hot springs ⓘ marine environments ⓘ permafrost ⓘ thermal springs microbial mats ⓘ |
| knownFor |
adaptation to extreme environments
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metabolic versatility ⓘ psychrotolerance ⓘ salinity tolerance ⓘ thermotolerance ⓘ |
| metabolism | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| phylum | Bacillota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| potentialApplication |
bioremediation
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enzymes active at low temperatures ⓘ industrial biotechnology ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model for cold adaptation studies
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model for extremophile physiology ⓘ |
| salinityTolerance | halotolerant ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | psychrotolerant ⓘ |
| temperatureTolerance | broad temperature range ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Exiguobacterium aurantiacum 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: Exiguobacterium Description of subject: Exiguobacterium is a genus of Gram-positive, often psychrotolerant bacteria known for inhabiting diverse and sometimes extreme environments such as cold soils, hot springs, and high-salinity habitats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.