Francisella
E930647
Francisella is a genus of small, Gram-negative, facultatively intracellular bacteria best known for including Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Francisella canonical | 2 |
| Francisella halioticida | 1 |
| Francisella hispaniensis | 1 |
| Francisella noatunensis | 1 |
| Francisella novicida | 1 |
| Francisella orientalis | 1 |
| Francisella philomiragia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515272 — 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: Francisella Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Francisella]
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A.
Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious, gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia and is considered a serious potential bioterrorism agent.
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B.
Yersinia
Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
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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.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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E.
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Mycobacterium ulcerans is a slow-growing environmental mycobacterium that causes Buruli ulcer, a chronic necrotizing skin and soft tissue infection in humans.
- 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: Francisella Target entity description: Francisella is a genus of small, Gram-negative, facultatively intracellular bacteria best known for including Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia.
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A.
Francisella tularensis
Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious, gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia and is considered a serious potential bioterrorism agent.
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B.
Yersinia
Yersinia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes several pathogenic species, most notably Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague.
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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.
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that causes the disease anthrax in humans and animals.
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E.
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Mycobacterium ulcerans is a slow-growing environmental mycobacterium that causes Buruli ulcer, a chronic necrotizing skin and soft tissue infection in humans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| biosafetyClassificationOfFrancisellaTularensis | Category A select agent (United States) ⓘ |
| biosafetyConcern | potential bioterrorism agent (via F. tularensis) ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevelOfSomeSpecies | BSL-3 ⓘ |
| cellShape | coccobacillus ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | lipopolysaccharide ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ |
| clinicalRelevance |
respiratory tularemia via aerosols
ⓘ
zoonotic infections ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Edward Francis ⓘ |
| diseaseCausedByNotableSpecies | tularemia ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Francisellaceae ⓘ |
| genomeType |
circular chromosome
ⓘ
double-stranded DNA ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| growthRequirement | cysteine-enriched media (for some species) ⓘ |
| habitat |
aquatic environments (for some species)
ⓘ
intracellular in mammalian hosts ⓘ |
| hostCellTypeOfNotableSpecies | macrophages ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Francisella halioticida
ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella
Francisella hispaniensis ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella
Francisella noatunensis ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella
Francisella novicida ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella
Francisella orientalis ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella
Francisella philomiragia ⓘ
linked to:
Francisella
Francisella tularensis ⓘ |
| intracellularLifestyle | facultatively intracellular ⓘ |
| metabolism | nonmotile ⓘ |
| motility | non-flagellated ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward Francis ⓘ |
| naturalReservoirOfNotableSpecies |
lagomorphs
ⓘ
small mammals ⓘ |
| notableFor | high virulence of Francisella tularensis ⓘ |
| notableSpecies | Francisella tularensis ⓘ |
| order | Thiotrichales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
animals
ⓘ
humans ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| transmissionRoutesOfNotableSpecies |
aerosols
ⓘ
arthropod bites ⓘ contaminated water ⓘ direct animal contact ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Francisella tularensis ⓘ |
| virulenceFactorOfNotableSpecies |
capsule-like envelope
ⓘ
intracellular survival ⓘ |
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: Francisella Description of subject: Francisella is a genus of small, Gram-negative, facultatively intracellular bacteria best known for including Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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