Mycobacterium orygis
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Mycobacterium orygis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects animals such as oryx and other wildlife but can also cause tuberculosis in humans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mycobacterium orygis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466781 — 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: Mycobacterium orygis Context triple: [Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, containsTaxon, Mycobacterium orygis]
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A.
Mycobacterium canettii
Mycobacterium canettii is a rare, smooth-colony–forming member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is considered evolutionarily ancestral to typical M. tuberculosis strains.
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B.
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes pulmonary infections resembling tuberculosis, particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
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C.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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D.
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing, nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause opportunistic skin, soft tissue, and device-related infections in humans.
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E.
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause skin, soft tissue, and ocular infections in humans, often associated with trauma or medical procedures.
- 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: Mycobacterium orygis Target entity description: Mycobacterium orygis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects animals such as oryx and other wildlife but can also cause tuberculosis in humans.
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A.
Mycobacterium canettii
Mycobacterium canettii is a rare, smooth-colony–forming member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis-like disease in humans and is considered evolutionarily ancestral to typical M. tuberculosis strains.
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B.
Mycobacterium kansasii
Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterial species that commonly causes pulmonary infections resembling tuberculosis, particularly in immunocompromised individuals.
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C.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of rod-shaped, often slow-growing bacteria that includes important human pathogens such as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy.
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D.
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing, nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause opportunistic skin, soft tissue, and device-related infections in humans.
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E.
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterial species that can cause skin, soft tissue, and ocular infections in humans, often associated with trauma or medical procedures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterium
ⓘ
member of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ⓘ pathogenic bacterium ⓘ |
| biosafetyConcern | animal reservoirs ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-3 pathogen ⓘ |
| causes | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| cellWall | mycolic-acid rich ⓘ |
| diagnosedBy |
PCR
ⓘ
molecular typing ⓘ whole-genome sequencing ⓘ |
| disease |
tuberculosis in humans
ⓘ
tuberculosis-like disease in animals ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| epidemiology | zoonotic transmission from wildlife or livestock ⓘ |
| family | Mycobacteriaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Mycobacterium ⓘ |
| gramStain | acid-fast ⓘ |
| growthRate | slow-growing ⓘ |
| hasGenome | DNA ⓘ |
| hasGenomeType | circular chromosome ⓘ |
| infects |
antelopes
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cattle ⓘ humans ⓘ oryx ⓘ wildlife ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ⓘ |
| order | Corynebacteriales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo |
domestic animals
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humans ⓘ mammals ⓘ wild ungulates ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinobacteria ⓘ |
| publicHealthRelevance | emerging zoonotic pathogen ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mycobacterium africanum
ⓘ
Mycobacterium bovis ⓘ Mycobacterium caprae ⓘ Mycobacterium microti ⓘ Mycobacterium pinnipedii ⓘ Mycobacterium tuberculosis ⓘ |
| resembles |
Mycobacterium bovis in host range
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical presentation ⓘ |
| shape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmission | zoonotic ⓘ |
| treatment | standard anti-tuberculosis therapy ⓘ |
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: Mycobacterium orygis Description of subject: Mycobacterium orygis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that primarily infects animals such as oryx and other wildlife but can also cause tuberculosis in humans.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.