Candida albicans
E133710
Candida albicans is a common opportunistic fungal pathogen in humans, often part of the normal microbiota but capable of causing infections ranging from superficial thrush to life-threatening systemic disease.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Candida albicans canonical | 4 |
| Candida species | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151101 — 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: Candida albicans Context triple: [Ascomycota, includesTaxon, Candida albicans]
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A.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of yeast widely used in baking, brewing, and scientific research as a model eukaryotic organism.
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B.
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillus fumigatus is a common airborne filamentous fungus and opportunistic human pathogen, particularly causing severe infections in immunocompromised individuals.
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C.
Subbaromyces
Subbaromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae, comprising yeasts or yeast-like species often associated with plant material or insect vectors.
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D.
Claviceps purpurea
Claviceps purpurea is a parasitic fungus best known for infecting cereal grains like rye and producing toxic ergot alkaloids that can cause ergotism in humans and animals.
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E.
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.
- 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: Candida albicans Target entity description: Candida albicans is a common opportunistic fungal pathogen in humans, often part of the normal microbiota but capable of causing infections ranging from superficial thrush to life-threatening systemic disease.
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A.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a species of yeast widely used in baking, brewing, and scientific research as a model eukaryotic organism.
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B.
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillus fumigatus is a common airborne filamentous fungus and opportunistic human pathogen, particularly causing severe infections in immunocompromised individuals.
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C.
Subbaromyces
Subbaromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae, comprising yeasts or yeast-like species often associated with plant material or insect vectors.
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D.
Claviceps purpurea
Claviceps purpurea is a parasitic fungus best known for infecting cereal grains like rye and producing toxic ergot alkaloids that can cause ergotism in humans and animals.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungus
ⓘ
opportunistic pathogen ⓘ yeast ⓘ |
| becomesPathogenicUnder |
antibiotic therapy
ⓘ
disruption of normal microbiota ⓘ immunosuppression ⓘ |
| causes |
candidemia
ⓘ
cutaneous candidiasis ⓘ esophageal candidiasis ⓘ invasive candidiasis ⓘ oral thrush ⓘ vulvovaginal candidiasis ⓘ |
| class |
Saccharomycetes
ⓘ
linked to:
Saccharomycetales
|
| colonizes |
gastrointestinal tract
ⓘ
oral mucosa ⓘ skin ⓘ vagina ⓘ |
| exhibits |
dimorphism
ⓘ
phenotypic switching ⓘ |
| family | Debaryomycetaceae ⓘ |
| forms | biofilms ⓘ |
| genus | Candida ⓘ |
| hasCellWallComponent |
beta-glucans
ⓘ
chitin ⓘ mannoproteins ⓘ |
| hasGenomeType | diploid ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
hyphal form
ⓘ
pseudohyphal form ⓘ yeast form ⓘ |
| hasVirulenceFactor |
adhesins
ⓘ
biofilm formation ⓘ hydrolytic enzymes ⓘ phospholipases ⓘ secreted aspartyl proteinases ⓘ |
| isCommensalIn | healthy humans ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
gastrointestinal microbiota
ⓘ
human microbiota ⓘ oral microbiota ⓘ vaginal microbiota ⓘ |
| isPathogenOf |
HIV/AIDS patients
ⓘ
cancer patients ⓘ humans ⓘ immunocompromised patients ⓘ neonates ⓘ organ transplant recipients ⓘ |
| isTreatedWith |
amphotericin B
ⓘ
echinocandins ⓘ fluconazole ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| order | Saccharomycetales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultative anaerobe ⓘ |
| phylum | Ascomycota ⓘ |
| reproducesBy | budding ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| wasFirstDescribedBy |
Charles-Philippe Robin
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Philippe Robin
|
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: Candida albicans Description of subject: Candida albicans is a common opportunistic fungal pathogen in humans, often part of the normal microbiota but capable of causing infections ranging from superficial thrush to life-threatening systemic disease.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.