Lactose

CHEBI:17716 chemically defined MAPPED CHEBI EXACT_MATCH

Ontology mapping

Primary identifier
CHEBI:17716
Ontology label
lactose

Nutritional roles

Synonyms (28)

SynonymTypeSourceOccurrences
Cross-references: KEGG:lcts RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Carbon source; Properties: Defined component, Organic compound, Simple component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Carbon source; Properties: Defined component, Simple component, Organic compound RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Carbon source; Properties: Organic compound, Simple component, Defined component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Carbon source; Properties: Simple component, Organic compound, Defined component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
(+)-lactose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
1-beta-D-Galactopyranosyl-4-D-glucopyranose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
4-(beta-D-galactosido)-D-glucose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
D-lactose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
D-lactose (lactose) EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Galb1-4Glcb EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Galbeta1-4Glc EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Galbeta1-4Glcbeta EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Lac EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Laktobiose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Laktose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Milchzucker EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
beta lactose EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-D-Glc EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
beta-D-Galp-(1->4)-D-Glcp EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
beta-D-Galp-(1->4)-beta-D-Glcp EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->4)-D-glucopyranose EXACT_SYNONYM chebi_synonym_review
(2)-D-lactose RAW_TEXT microbedecoder
beta-D-Lactose RAW_TEXT sssom_other_backfill
beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucose RAW_TEXT sssom_other_backfill
beta-D-glucopyranose, 4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl- RAW_TEXT sssom_other_backfill

Rejected enrichment labels (1)

Provenance-only candidates: these are not synonyms and do not resolve to this record.

Rejected labelDispositionSourceOccurrences
Lactose monohydrate REJECTED_LABEL sssom_other_backfill

Chemical properties

Cas rn
63-42-3
Data source
PubChem (via CHEBI:17716)
Retrieval date
2026-04-09T00:32:50.689620+00:00
Molecular formula
C12H22O11
Inchi
InChI=1S/C12H22O11/c13-1-3-5(15)6(16)9(19)12(22-3)23-10-4(2-14)21-11(20)8(18)7(10)17/h3-20H,1-2H2/t3-,4-,5+,6+,7-,8-,9-,10-,11?,12+/m1/s1
Smiles
OC[C@H]1O[C@@H](O[C@H]2[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)C(O)O[C@@H]2CO)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H]1O

Evidence (2)

DATABASE_MATCH via CultureMech

Imported from CultureMech pipeline, quality=DIRECT_MATCH

LITERATURE SUPPORTvia PubMed search ('Lactose') PMID:15915565
Investigation of factors that affect stability, growth, and induction of T7 expression strains in shaking vessels led to the recognition that sporadic, unintended induction of expression in complex media, previously reported by others, is almost certainly caused by small amounts of lactose.

Auto-proposed; curator should rephrase or remove.

Occurrence statistics

Total occurrences
55
Distinct media
55

Curation history

TimestampCuratorActionNew statusChanges
2026-03-09T06:54:18.022301+00:00 import_from_culturemech IMPORTED MAPPED Initial import from CultureMech pipeline
2026-04-05T19:52:47.460837+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_pubchem ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:200-559-2 from PubChem API via name lookup (Lactose)
2026-04-09T00:32:50.689620+00:00 enrich_mim_cas_rn_batch CAS_RN_ADDED MAPPED Added CAS-RN 63-42-3 from PubChem (via CHEBI:17716)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 18 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: (+)-lactose, 1-beta-D-Galactopyranosyl-4-D-glucopyranose, 4-(beta-D-galactosido)-D-glucose, 4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucose, 4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranose, ... (13 more)
2026-05-01T07:35:34.474012+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (CHEBI primary)
2026-05-01T08:08:30.494341+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY molecular_formula=C12H22O11; inchi=InChI=1S/C12H22O11/c13-1-3-5(15)6(16)9(19)12(22-3); smiles=OC[C@H]1O[C@@H](O[C@H]2[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)C(O)O[C@@H
2026-05-01T08:09:47.931549+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type APPLY_EVIDENCE_PROPOSAL added pmid=15915565 from propose-evidence batch
2026-05-02T03:12:15.691089+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (chemical structure populated (molecular_formula))
2026-05-29T23:35:36.111703+00:00 extract_roles_from_synonyms ANNOTATED Added media role: CARBON_SOURCE (confidence: 1.00)
2026-06-04T05:38:59.200963+00:00 infer_energy_source ANNOTATED Added media role: ENERGY_SOURCE (confidence: 0.70)
2026-06-09T05:23:46.787743+00:00 correct_stale_ontology_labels.py CORRECTED ontology_label 'Lactose' -> 'lactose': synced to canonical CHEBI label (preferred_term 'Lactose' unchanged).
2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 migrate_media_roles_to_facets ANNOTATED Migrated legacy media_roles to role facets (#128): CARBON_SOURCE -> nutritional_roles.CARBON_SOURCE; ENERGY_SOURCE -> nutritional_roles.ENERGY_SOURCE
2026-08-06T05:15:48.923652+00:00 issue_213_grounding LLM MERGED_FROM_UNMAPPED_DUPLICATE Absorbed UNMAPPED_0694 '(2)-D-lactose' as a RAW_TEXT synonym -- Parse artifact: the leading '(2)' is stray text, the substance is D-lactose (#213). No new SSSOM row; CHEBI:17716 is already mapped. Source: kgmicrobe.trait:2_d_lactose.
2026-08-27T03:16:39.519198+00:00 refresh_occurrence_statistics CORRECTED occurrence_statistics 38/38 -> 55/55 (media_count/total_occurrences), derived from distinct CultureMech recipe ids in the #337 occurrence table. The prior values came from the importer retired in #453, whose media_count counted a list truncated to 50 examples (#449). [source=ingredient_occurrences.tsv culturemech_rev=15a4da5c08 rows=194137 distinct_recipes=15257]
2026-09-02T22:41:49.137449+00:00 claude_sssom_surface_form_backfill ADDED_SYNONYMS Recovered 4 surface form(s) that the published SSSOM `other` carried but no curated record did, so a rebuild would have dropped them from KGX: 'Lactose monohydrate'; 'beta-D-Lactose'; 'beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucose'; 'beta-D-glucopyranose, 4-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-'. Tokens already present on the kg-microbe ontology node were left out as redundant (#520).
2026-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 reject_hidden_hydrate_synonym_collapses REJECTED_HIDDEN_HYDRATE_SYNONYMS MAPPED Marked hidden hydrate synonym(s) as REJECTED_LABEL so this record no longer resolves sibling hydrate identities (#251): 'Lactose monohydrate'.