Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
E271799
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex canonical | 3 |
| Mycobacterium africanum | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2504156 — 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 tuberculosis complex Context triple: [Mycobacterium tuberculosis, relatedDiseaseComplex, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex]
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A.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
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B.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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C.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
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D.
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
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E.
BCG vaccine
The BCG vaccine is a widely used immunization that primarily protects against severe forms of tuberculosis, especially in young children.
- 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 tuberculosis complex Target entity description: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
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A.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterial species that causes most cases of human tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs and spreading through airborne transmission.
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B.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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C.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
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D.
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium that causes the acute diarrheal disease cholera in humans.
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E.
BCG vaccine
The BCG vaccine is a widely used immunization that primarily protects against severe forms of tuberculosis, especially in young children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial species complex
ⓘ
pathogenic bacterium group ⓘ |
| antibioticResistanceIssue |
extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
ⓘ
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis ⓘ |
| antibioticTreatment |
ethambutol
ⓘ
isoniazid ⓘ pyrazinamide ⓘ rifampicin ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-3 ⓘ |
| cellWallType | mycolic-acid-rich ⓘ |
| class |
Actinomycetia
ⓘ
linked to:
Actinobacteria
|
| containsTaxon |
Mycobacterium africanum
ⓘ
linked to:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mycobacterium bovis ⓘ Mycobacterium canettii ⓘ Mycobacterium caprae ⓘ
linked to:
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium microti ⓘ Mycobacterium mungi ⓘ Mycobacterium orygis ⓘ Mycobacterium pinnipedii ⓘ Mycobacterium suricattae ⓘ Mycobacterium tuberculosis ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Robert Koch ⓘ |
| disease |
extrapulmonary tuberculosis
ⓘ
pulmonary tuberculosis ⓘ tuberculosis ⓘ |
| family | Mycobacteriaceae ⓘ |
| genomeType | circular double-stranded DNA ⓘ |
| genus | Mycobacterium ⓘ |
| gramStain | acid-fast ⓘ |
| growthRate | slow-growing ⓘ |
| host |
cattle
ⓘ
humans ⓘ wild mammals ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
intracellular survival in macrophages
ⓘ
latent infection capability ⓘ |
| order | Mycobacteriales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | highly pathogenic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Actinomycetota
ⓘ
linked to:
Actinobacteria
|
| primaryCattlePathogen | Mycobacterium bovis ⓘ |
| primaryHumanPathogen | Mycobacterium tuberculosis ⓘ |
| shape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species complex ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | airborne droplets ⓘ |
| vaccine | BCG vaccine ⓘ |
| zoonoticPotential | zoonotic ⓘ |
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 tuberculosis complex Description of subject: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of closely related mycobacterial species that cause tuberculosis in humans and various animals.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
linked to: Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex