Campylobacter
E38614
Campylobacter is a genus of bacteria that commonly causes foodborne gastrointestinal infections in humans, often associated with undercooked poultry.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Campylobacter canonical | 7 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 3 |
| Campylobacter coli | 2 |
| Aliarcobacter | 1 |
| Campylobacter fetus | 1 |
| Campylobacter lari | 1 |
| Campylobacter upsaliensis | 1 |
| Campylobacteraceae | 1 |
| Campylobacterales | 1 |
| Campylobacteria | 1 |
| bacterial genus Campylobacter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T299304 — 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: Campylobacter Context triple: [chicken, hasPathogenRisk, Campylobacter]
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A.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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B.
Ricketts family
The Ricketts family is an American family of investors and philanthropists best known for owning and revitalizing the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise.
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C.
VRE
VRE is a commuter rail service that operates in Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, providing weekday passenger trains primarily for suburban commuters.
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D.
Nourse
Nourse is a surname and variant spelling of "Nurse," historically associated with English-speaking families and occasionally used as a place or business name.
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E.
Microbiota
Microbiota is a monotypic genus of low-growing, coniferous shrubs in the cypress family Cupressaceae, known for its cold-hardy, ornamental groundcover 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: Campylobacter Target entity description: Campylobacter is a genus of bacteria that commonly causes foodborne gastrointestinal infections in humans, often associated with undercooked poultry.
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A.
Critobulus
Critobulus was an ancient Athenian known from Plato’s dialogues as the son of Crito and an associate of Socrates.
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B.
Ricketts family
The Ricketts family is an American family of investors and philanthropists best known for owning and revitalizing the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise.
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C.
VRE
VRE is a commuter rail service that operates in Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, providing weekday passenger trains primarily for suburban commuters.
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D.
Nourse
Nourse is a surname and variant spelling of "Nurse," historically associated with English-speaking families and occasionally used as a place or business name.
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E.
Microbiota
Microbiota is a monotypic genus of low-growing, coniferous shrubs in the cypress family Cupressaceae, known for its cold-hardy, ornamental groundcover species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedFood |
contaminated water
ⓘ
raw milk ⓘ undercooked poultry ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
bacterial gastroenteritis
ⓘ
campylobacteriosis ⓘ |
| cellShape |
curved rod
ⓘ
spiral-shaped rod ⓘ |
| class |
Campylobacteria
ⓘ
linked to:
Campylobacter
|
| clinicalManifestation |
abdominal pain
ⓘ
bloody diarrhea ⓘ diarrhea ⓘ fever ⓘ |
| complication |
Guillain–Barré syndrome
ⓘ
reactive arthritis ⓘ |
| controlMeasure |
avoidance of raw milk
ⓘ
prevention of cross-contamination in kitchens ⓘ proper cooking of poultry ⓘ safe drinking water ⓘ |
| family |
Campylobacteraceae
ⓘ
linked to:
Campylobacterota
|
| flagella | polar flagellum ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
intestinal tract of birds
ⓘ
intestinal tract of mammals ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| majorSpecies |
Campylobacter coli
ⓘ
linked to:
Campylobacter
Campylobacter fetus ⓘ
linked to:
Campylobacter
Campylobacter jejuni ⓘ
linked to:
Campylobacter
Campylobacter upsaliensis ⓘ
linked to:
Campylobacter
|
| metabolism | nonfermentative ⓘ |
| motility | motile ⓘ |
| namedBy |
Sebald
ⓘ
Veron ⓘ |
| optimalGrowthTemperature | 42 °C ⓘ |
| order |
Campylobacterales
ⓘ
linked to:
Campylobacter
|
| oxygenRequirement | microaerophilic ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
animals
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| phylum | Campylobacterota ⓘ |
| primaryReservoir |
cattle
ⓘ
poultry ⓘ swine ⓘ wild birds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | thermophilic ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
fecal-oral
ⓘ
foodborne ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1963 ⓘ |
| zoonotic | true ⓘ |
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: Campylobacter Description of subject: Campylobacter is a genus of bacteria that commonly causes foodborne gastrointestinal infections in humans, often associated with undercooked poultry.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
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