Saccharomyces cerevisiae
E131946
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of yeast widely used in baking, brewing, and scientific research as a model eukaryotic organism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae canonical | 11 |
| Saccharomyces | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151097 — 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: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Context triple: [Ascomycota, includesTaxon, Saccharomyces cerevisiae]
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A.
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans is a small, transparent roundworm widely used as a model organism in biology and genetics due to its simple anatomy, fully mapped cell lineage, and well-characterized nervous system.
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B.
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster is a small fruit fly species widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology research.
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C.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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D.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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E.
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant in the mustard family widely used as a model organism in plant biology and genetics.
- 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: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Target entity description: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of yeast widely used in baking, brewing, and scientific research as a model eukaryotic organism.
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A.
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans is a small, transparent roundworm widely used as a model organism in biology and genetics due to its simple anatomy, fully mapped cell lineage, and well-characterized nervous system.
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B.
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster is a small fruit fly species widely used as a model organism in genetics and developmental biology research.
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C.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
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D.
Boehmeriopsis
Boehmeriopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia and known for its herbaceous species.
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E.
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant in the mustard family widely used as a model organism in plant biology and genetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungus
ⓘ
model organism ⓘ yeast ⓘ |
| associatedWith | human food production ⓘ |
| cellCycleControlProtein | Cdc28 ⓘ |
| cellType | unicellular ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent |
chitin
ⓘ
glucan ⓘ mannan ⓘ |
| chromosomeCount | 16 ⓘ |
| class |
Saccharomycetes
ⓘ
linked to:
Saccharomycetales
|
| commonName |
baker's yeast
ⓘ
brewer's yeast ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| family | Saccharomycetaceae ⓘ |
| firstEukaryoteWithCompleteGenomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| genomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| genomeType |
mitochondrial genome
ⓘ
nuclear genome ⓘ |
| genus |
Saccharomyces
ⓘ
linked to:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
|
| habitat |
fruit surfaces
ⓘ
plant exudates ⓘ sugar-rich environments ⓘ |
| hasOrganelle |
Golgi apparatus
ⓘ
endoplasmic reticulum ⓘ mitochondrion ⓘ nucleus ⓘ vacuole ⓘ |
| metabolism | facultative anaerobe ⓘ |
| order | Saccharomycetales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement |
can grow aerobically
ⓘ
can grow anaerobically ⓘ |
| performs | alcoholic fermentation ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| ploidy |
diploid
ⓘ
haploid ⓘ |
| produces |
carbon dioxide
ⓘ
ethanol ⓘ |
| reproductionType | budding ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| usedAs |
model eukaryotic organism
ⓘ
model for aging research ⓘ model for cell cycle studies ⓘ model for genetics ⓘ model for molecular biology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
baking
ⓘ
bioethanol production ⓘ brewing ⓘ scientific research ⓘ winemaking ⓘ |
| usedIn |
beer production
ⓘ
bread production ⓘ industrial biotechnology ⓘ metabolic engineering research ⓘ recombinant protein production ⓘ spirits production ⓘ wine production ⓘ |
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: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Description of subject: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of yeast widely used in baking, brewing, and scientific research as a model eukaryotic organism.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saccharomyces cerevisiae