Nitrogen gas

CHEBI:17997 chemically defined MAPPED CHEBI EXACT_MATCH

Ontology mapping

Primary identifier
CHEBI:17997
Ontology label
dinitrogen

Synonyms (8)

SynonymTypeSourceOccurrences
N2 ABBREVIATION manual
dinitrogen SYSTEMATIC_NAME manual
Nitrogen COMMON_NAME manual
Nitrogen (gas) COMMON_NAME manual
#N2 EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
N#N EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
N(2) EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
molecular nitrogen EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe

Chemical properties

Molecular formula
N2
Inchi
InChI=1S/N2/c1-2
Smiles
N#N
Data source
CHEBI sqlite (oaklib)

Evidence (1)

CURATOR_JUDGMENT via manual curation

Gaseous N2 used in anaerobic media headspace; dinitrogen CHEBI:17997

Occurrence statistics

Total occurrences
1,109
Distinct media
980

Curation history

TimestampCuratorActionNew statusChanges
2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 manual CREATED MAPPED Created MIM record for anaerobic headspace gas N2 (dinitrogen)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 4 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: #N2, N#N, N(2), molecular nitrogen
2026-05-01T07:35:35.595373+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (CHEBI primary)
2026-05-01T08:08:31.698303+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY molecular_formula=N2; inchi=InChI=1S/N2/c1-2; smiles=N#N
2026-05-02T03:12:17.492341+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (chemical structure populated (molecular_formula))
2026-08-27T03:16:39.519638+00:00 refresh_occurrence_statistics CORRECTED occurrence_statistics 0/0 -> 980/1109 (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]