Bacillus
E271801
Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bacillus canonical | 8 |
| Bacillus cereus | 3 |
| Bacillus licheniformis | 2 |
| Bacillus thuringiensis | 2 |
| Bacillus polymyxa | 1 |
| Bacillus pumilus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2504168 — 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: Bacillus Context triple: [Bacillus anthracis, genus, Bacillus]
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A.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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B.
Coliiformes
Coliiformes is an order of small, arboreal African birds known as mousebirds, characterized by soft plumage, long tails, and strong climbing abilities.
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C.
Rousselia
Rousselia is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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D.
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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E.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
- 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: Bacillus Target entity description: Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
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A.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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B.
Coliiformes
Coliiformes is an order of small, arboreal African birds known as mousebirds, characterized by soft plumage, long tails, and strong climbing abilities.
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C.
Rousselia
Rousselia is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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D.
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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E.
Reissekia
Reissekia is a small genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, native to parts of South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| biosafetyConcernMember | Bacillus anthracis ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin "baculus" meaning little rod ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| forms | endospores ⓘ |
| genomeType | circular double-stranded DNA ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
air
ⓘ
decaying organic matter ⓘ soil ⓘ water ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
ⓘ
Bacillus anthracis ⓘ Bacillus cereus ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillus
Bacillus licheniformis ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillus
Bacillus megaterium ⓘ Bacillus polymyxa ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillus
Bacillus pumilus ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillus
Bacillus thuringiensis ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillus
|
| industrialUse |
biopesticide production
ⓘ
enzyme production ⓘ probiotic production ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism |
chemoorganotrophic
ⓘ
some species are facultative anaerobes ⓘ |
| motility | often motile with peritrichous flagella ⓘ |
| namedBy | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg ⓘ |
| nonPathogenicMember |
Bacillus licheniformis
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillus
Bacillus megaterium ⓘ Bacillus subtilis ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement |
aerobic
ⓘ
facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicMember |
Bacillus anthracis
ⓘ
Bacillus cereus ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillus
|
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| sporeFunction | long-term survival ⓘ |
| sporeResistance |
chemical disinfectants
ⓘ
desiccation ⓘ heat ⓘ radiation ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Bacillus subtilis ⓘ |
| usedAsModelOrganism | Bacillus subtilis ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1835 ⓘ |
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: Bacillus Description of subject: Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes both harmless environmental species and notable pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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