Geobacillus
E945244
Geobacillus is a genus of thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria known for thriving at high temperatures and being used in various industrial and biotechnological applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geobacillus canonical | 2 |
| Geobacillus stearothermophilus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11607669 — 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: Geobacillus Context triple: [Bacillaceae, includesGenus, Geobacillus]
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A.
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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B.
Anoxybacillus
Anoxybacillus is a genus of thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria commonly found in hot springs and other high-temperature environments.
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C.
Paenibacillus
Paenibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacteria commonly found in soil and known for their roles in nitrogen fixation, plant growth promotion, and biodegradation.
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D.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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E.
Bacillaceae
Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes medically and environmentally significant genera such as Bacillus.
- 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: Geobacillus Target entity description: Geobacillus is a genus of thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria known for thriving at high temperatures and being used in various industrial and biotechnological applications.
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A.
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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B.
Anoxybacillus
Anoxybacillus is a genus of thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria commonly found in hot springs and other high-temperature environments.
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C.
Paenibacillus
Paenibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacteria commonly found in soil and known for their roles in nitrogen fixation, plant growth promotion, and biodegradation.
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D.
Virgibacillus
Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, spore-forming, often halophilic bacteria commonly found in saline and alkaline environments.
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E.
Bacillaceae
Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacteria that includes medically and environmentally significant genera such as Bacillus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
thermophilic bacterium genus ⓘ |
| application |
biocatalysis at elevated temperatures
ⓘ
production of thermostable DNA polymerases ⓘ |
| cellShape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| cellWallType | peptidoglycan-rich ⓘ |
| class | Bacilli ⓘ |
| domain | Bacteria ⓘ |
| family | Bacillaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Nazina et al. ⓘ |
| firstDescribedYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| formsEndospores | true ⓘ |
| genomeCharacteristic | relatively low GC content compared to some thermophiles ⓘ |
| gramStain | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
compost heaps
ⓘ
geothermal environments ⓘ hot springs ⓘ oil reservoirs ⓘ |
| industrialUse |
biofuel production research
ⓘ
bioremediation at high temperatures ⓘ biotechnology applications ⓘ detergent industry ⓘ food industry ⓘ paper and pulp industry ⓘ production of thermostable amylases ⓘ production of thermostable lipases ⓘ production of thermostable proteases ⓘ production of thermostable xylanases ⓘ source of thermostable enzymes ⓘ starch processing ⓘ |
| metabolism |
aerobic respiration
ⓘ
chemoorganotrophic ⓘ |
| motility | motile with flagella ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greek word for earth and heat ⓘ |
| optimalGrowthTemperature | 45–75 °C ⓘ |
| order | Bacillales ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement |
aerobic
ⓘ
facultatively anaerobic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Bacillota
ⓘ
linked to:
Firmicutes
|
| reclassifiedFrom | Bacillus ⓘ |
| safetyStatus | generally regarded as non-pathogenic ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | endospore-forming ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temperaturePreference | thermophilic ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
ⓘ
linked to:
Geobacillus
|
| usedIn |
enzyme engineering research
ⓘ
industrial biotechnology ⓘ thermostable protein studies ⓘ |
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: Geobacillus Description of subject: Geobacillus is a genus of thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria known for thriving at high temperatures and being used in various industrial and biotechnological applications.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Geobacillus