Moraxella
E931845
Moraxella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that commonly colonize the mucosal surfaces of humans and animals, with some species acting as important respiratory pathogens.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 3 |
| Moraxellaceae | 3 |
| Moraxella canonical | 2 |
| Moraxella lacunata | 2 |
| Moraxella osloensis | 2 |
| Moraxella bovis | 1 |
| Moraxella bovoculi | 1 |
| Moraxella nonliquefaciens | 1 |
| Moraxella ovis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11515292 — 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: Moraxella Context triple: [Gammaproteobacteria, includesGenus, Moraxella]
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A.
Haemophilus
Haemophilus is a genus of small, Gram-negative bacteria that includes species responsible for respiratory tract infections and serious invasive diseases in humans.
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B.
Pasteurella
Pasteurella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria best known for causing zoonotic infections in humans and animals, often transmitted through bites or scratches from domestic pets.
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C.
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gram-negative bacteria known for their metabolic versatility, environmental ubiquity, and inclusion of important opportunistic human and plant pathogens.
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D.
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
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E.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
- 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: Moraxella Target entity description: Moraxella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that commonly colonize the mucosal surfaces of humans and animals, with some species acting as important respiratory pathogens.
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A.
Haemophilus
Haemophilus is a genus of small, Gram-negative bacteria that includes species responsible for respiratory tract infections and serious invasive diseases in humans.
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B.
Pasteurella
Pasteurella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria best known for causing zoonotic infections in humans and animals, often transmitted through bites or scratches from domestic pets.
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C.
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas is a diverse genus of Gram-negative bacteria known for their metabolic versatility, environmental ubiquity, and inclusion of important opportunistic human and plant pathogens.
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D.
Rhodococcus
Rhodococcus is a genus of Gram-positive, often soil-dwelling bacteria known for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic compounds, including environmental pollutants.
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E.
Malacobacter
Malacobacter is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Campylobacterota, comprising spiral-shaped, motile microorganisms often associated with aquatic or marine environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease |
acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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bovine keratoconjunctivitis ⓘ bronchitis ⓘ conjunctivitis ⓘ endophthalmitis ⓘ keratitis ⓘ otitis media ⓘ pneumonia ⓘ sinusitis ⓘ |
| biochemicalCharacteristic | catalase-positive ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | outer membrane containing lipooligosaccharide ⓘ |
| cellShape | coccobacillus ⓘ |
| class | Gammaproteobacteria ⓘ |
| clinicalRelevance |
important human respiratory pathogen genus
ⓘ
important veterinary pathogen genus ⓘ |
| colonizationType | commensal ⓘ |
| eponym | Victor Morax ⓘ |
| family |
Moraxellaceae
ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
|
| gramStain | Gram-negative ⓘ |
| habitat |
animal mucosal surfaces
ⓘ
human mucosal surfaces ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Moraxella bovis
ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
Moraxella bovoculi ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
Moraxella catarrhalis ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
Moraxella lacunata ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
Moraxella nonliquefaciens ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
Moraxella osloensis ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
Moraxella ovis ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
|
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| namingAuthority |
Lwoff 1939
ⓘ
linked to:
Lwoff
|
| naturalHost |
cattle
ⓘ
humans ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| order | Pseudomonadales ⓘ |
| oxygenMetabolism | oxidase-positive ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | opportunistic pathogen ⓘ |
| phylum | Pseudomonadota ⓘ |
| preferredSite |
conjunctiva
ⓘ
nasopharynx ⓘ upper respiratory tract ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | respiratory droplets ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Moraxella lacunata
ⓘ
linked to:
Moraxella
|
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: Moraxella Description of subject: Moraxella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that commonly colonize the mucosal surfaces of humans and animals, with some species acting as important respiratory pathogens.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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