Mycobacterium suricattae
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Mycobacterium suricattae is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease, particularly in meerkats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacterium suricattae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466783 — 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: Mycobacterium suricattae Context triple: [Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, containsTaxon, Mycobacterium suricattae]
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A.
Mycobacterium canettii
Mycobacterium canettii is a rare, smooth-colony–forming member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is considered evolutionarily ancestral to typical M. tuberculosis strains.
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B.
Mycobacterium mungi
Mycobacterium mungi is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that infects banded mongooses in sub-Saharan Africa, causing a tuberculosis-like disease.
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C.
Mycobacterium orygis
Mycobacterium orygis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects animals such as oryx and other wildlife but can also cause tuberculosis in humans.
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D.
Mycobacterium pinnipedii
Mycobacterium pinnipedii is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects seals and other pinnipeds, occasionally causing zoonotic tuberculosis in humans.
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E.
Mycobacterium marinum
Mycobacterium marinum is a waterborne, slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly infects fish and can cause skin and soft tissue infections in humans, especially after exposure to aquariums or natural bodies of water.
- 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: Mycobacterium suricattae Target entity description: Mycobacterium suricattae is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease, particularly in meerkats.
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A.
Mycobacterium canettii
Mycobacterium canettii is a rare, smooth-colony–forming member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is considered evolutionarily ancestral to typical M. tuberculosis strains.
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B.
Mycobacterium mungi
Mycobacterium mungi is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that infects banded mongooses in sub-Saharan Africa, causing a tuberculosis-like disease.
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C.
Mycobacterium orygis
Mycobacterium orygis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects animals such as oryx and other wildlife but can also cause tuberculosis in humans.
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D.
Mycobacterium pinnipedii
Mycobacterium pinnipedii is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects seals and other pinnipeds, occasionally causing zoonotic tuberculosis in humans.
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E.
Mycobacterium marinum
Mycobacterium marinum is a waterborne, slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly infects fish and can cause skin and soft tissue infections in humans, especially after exposure to aquariums or natural bodies of water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial species
ⓘ
mycobacterium ⓘ pathogenic bacterium ⓘ |
| associatedWith | wildlife tuberculosis ⓘ |
| belongsToComplex | Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causes |
chronic granulomatous disease in meerkats
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tuberculosis-like disease ⓘ |
| causesLesionsIn |
lungs of meerkats
ⓘ
lymph nodes of meerkats ⓘ |
| cellWallType | mycolic-acid-rich ⓘ |
| diseaseType | tuberculosis-like infection ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Mycobacteriaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genus | Mycobacterium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive-like ⓘ |
| hostRange | narrow, primarily meerkats ⓘ |
| isAcidFast | true ⓘ |
| isClinicallySimilarTo | Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mammals ⓘ |
| isNonMotile | true ⓘ |
| isNonSporeForming | true ⓘ |
| isSlowGrowing | true ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| naturalReservoir | meerkat populations ⓘ |
| notableIn | southern African meerkat populations ⓘ |
| order | Corynebacteriales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicFor |
meerkat
ⓘ
suricate ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryHost | meerkat ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mycobacterium africanum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mycobacterium bovis NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium microti NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycobacterium tuberculosis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
likely respiratory
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likely via close contact ⓘ |
| zoonoticPotential | uncertain ⓘ |
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: Mycobacterium suricattae Description of subject: Mycobacterium suricattae is a pathogenic mycobacterial species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease, particularly in meerkats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.