Brochothrix
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Brochothrix is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria known for its role in the spoilage of chilled meat and other refrigerated foods.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brochothrix thermosphacta | 2 |
| Brochothrix canonical | 1 |
| Brochothrix campestris | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11642987 — 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: Brochothrix Context triple: [Bacillales, includesGenus, Brochothrix]
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A.
Fusarium
Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi widely known as plant pathogens that cause diseases in crops and can produce harmful mycotoxins.
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B.
Tilletia
Tilletia is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing smut diseases in cereal crops, particularly bunt in wheat.
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C.
Plectosphaerella
Plectosphaerella is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated species, some of which are known as soilborne pathogens of crops.
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D.
Diaporthe
Diaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes many plant-associated species, often known as pathogens causing cankers, dieback, and other diseases in a wide range of crops and trees.
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E.
Colletotrichum
Colletotrichum is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing anthracnose diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants.
- 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: Brochothrix Target entity description: Brochothrix is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria known for its role in the spoilage of chilled meat and other refrigerated foods.
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A.
Fusarium
Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi widely known as plant pathogens that cause diseases in crops and can produce harmful mycotoxins.
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B.
Tilletia
Tilletia is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing smut diseases in cereal crops, particularly bunt in wheat.
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C.
Plectosphaerella
Plectosphaerella is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes several plant-associated species, some of which are known as soilborne pathogens of crops.
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D.
Diaporthe
Diaporthe is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes many plant-associated species, often known as pathogens causing cankers, dieback, and other diseases in a wide range of crops and trees.
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E.
Colletotrichum
Colletotrichum is a genus of plant-pathogenic fungi known for causing anthracnose diseases on a wide range of crops and ornamental plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bacterial genus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
off-flavors in meat
ⓘ
off-odors in meat ⓘ slime formation on meat surfaces ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | Gram-positive bacteria ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | typically handled at biosafety level 1 ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | peptidoglycan ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| colonyCharacteristics | often forms white to cream-colored colonies on agar ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Brochothrix campestris
ⓘ
linked to:
Brochothrix
Brochothrix thermosphacta ⓘ
linked to:
Brochothrix
|
| controlMethods |
modified atmosphere packaging
ⓘ
refrigeration combined with good hygiene practices ⓘ use of preservatives in meat products ⓘ |
| energySource | carbohydrate fermentation ⓘ |
| family | Listeriaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedAsGenus | 20th century ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| growthAtLowTemperature | can grow at typical refrigeration temperatures ⓘ |
| habitat |
chilled meat
ⓘ
meat products ⓘ refrigerated foods ⓘ |
| impact | economic losses due to food spoilage ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| knownFor |
spoilage of chilled meat
ⓘ
spoilage of refrigerated foods ⓘ |
| metabolism | fermentative ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| optimalGrowthTemperature | around 20–25 °C ⓘ |
| order | Lactobacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicityToHumans | generally not considered a major human pathogen ⓘ |
| pHPreference | grows in mildly acidic to neutral pH ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| relevance |
food microbiology
ⓘ
meat industry ⓘ |
| reproduction | binary fission ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | psychrotrophic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Brochothrix thermosphacta
ⓘ
linked to:
Brochothrix
|
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: Brochothrix Description of subject: Brochothrix is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria known for its role in the spoilage of chilled meat and other refrigerated foods.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brochothrix
linked to: Brochothrix
linked to: Brochothrix