Enterococcus
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Enterococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, lactic acid bacteria commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals, some species of which are notable as opportunistic pathogens and for their antibiotic resistance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Enterococcus canonical | 3 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 1 |
| Enterococcus faecium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466930 — 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: Enterococcus Context triple: [Firmicutes, contains, Enterococcus]
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A.
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
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B.
Bacillus
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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C.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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D.
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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E.
Brevibacterium linens
Brevibacterium linens is a species of bacteria known for producing the characteristic orange-red color and strong aroma of washed-rind cheeses.
- 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: Enterococcus Target entity description: Enterococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, lactic acid bacteria commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals, some species of which are notable as opportunistic pathogens and for their antibiotic resistance.
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A.
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a widely studied, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and extensively used as a model organism in microbiology and genetics.
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B.
Bacillus
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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C.
Wolinella
Wolinella is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria known for inhabiting animal gastrointestinal tracts and participating in hydrogen-based syntrophic relationships.
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D.
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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E.
Brevibacterium linens
Brevibacterium linens is a species of bacteria known for producing the characteristic orange-red color and strong aroma of washed-rind cheeses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gram-positive bacterium
ⓘ
bacterial genus ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VRE for vancomycin-resistant enterococci ⓘ |
| antibioticResistance |
acquired resistance to vancomycin
ⓘ
intrinsic resistance to cephalosporins ⓘ intrinsic resistance to many beta-lactam antibiotics ⓘ reduced susceptibility to aminoglycosides ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | lactic acid bacteria ⓘ |
| bileTolerance | able to grow in presence of bile salts ⓘ |
| catalaseReaction | catalase-negative ⓘ |
| cellArrangement |
pairs
ⓘ
short chains ⓘ |
| cellWallType | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| class |
Bacilli
ⓘ
linked to:
Bacillales
|
| clinicalRole | opportunistic pathogen ⓘ |
| commensalRole |
part of normal animal gut microbiota
ⓘ
part of normal human gut microbiota ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| environmentalIndicatorUse | indicator of fecal contamination in water ⓘ |
| family | Enterococcaceae ⓘ |
| fermentationProduct | lactic acid ⓘ |
| growthTemperatureRange |
able to grow at 10 °C
ⓘ
able to grow at 45 °C ⓘ |
| habitat |
animal gastrointestinal tract
ⓘ
human gastrointestinal tract ⓘ soil ⓘ water ⓘ |
| hemolysisPattern |
some species show gamma-hemolysis
ⓘ
some strains show alpha-hemolysis ⓘ |
| identificationTest |
PYR-positive
ⓘ
growth in bile esculin agar ⓘ |
| metabolismType | facultative anaerobe ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile in most species ⓘ |
| notableResistancePhenotype | vancomycin-resistant enterococci ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Enterococcus faecalis
ⓘ
linked to:
Enterococcus
Enterococcus faecium ⓘ
linked to:
Enterococcus
|
| order | Lactobacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultative anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity |
can cause bacteremia
ⓘ
can cause endocarditis ⓘ can cause intra-abdominal infections ⓘ can cause urinary tract infections ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| saltTolerance | able to grow in 6.5% NaCl ⓘ |
| shape | coccus ⓘ |
| sporeForming | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
fecal-oral
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nosocomial transmission ⓘ |
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: Enterococcus Description of subject: Enterococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, lactic acid bacteria commonly found in the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals, some species of which are notable as opportunistic pathogens and for their antibiotic resistance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Enterococcus
linked to: Enterococcus