temperature delta low

METPO:1000484 · CLASS · REVIEWED

A temperature delta phenotype with a growth-supporting temperature breadth of approximately 5–10 °C, characteristic of organisms with limited thermal-tolerance breadth.

Temperature-delta-low limited-breadth thermal adaptation

DOI-backed graph linking limited thermal-adaptation flexibility to a 5–10 °C temperature growth breadth.

Temperature-delta-low limited-breadth thermal adaptation Interactive directed graph showing evidence-backed causal relationships for temperature delta low.

Edge evidence

  • limited thermal-adaptation flexibility produces temperature delta low METPO:2000202

    Limited thermal-adaptation flexibility yields a 5–10 °C temperature-delta breadth.

    • DOI:10.1146/annurev-micro-091313-103612 more unsaturated fatty acids Supports limited thermal-adaptation flexibility as the basis of narrow breadth.
  • temperature delta low is a temperature delta rdfs:subClassOf

    Temperature delta low is a quantitative bin of the temperature-delta phenotype.

    • DOI:10.1016/s0300-9629(97)00003-0 adapted to environments of high temperature Supports the 5–10 °C breadth as a value within the temperature-delta distribution.
  • temperature decrease causes membrane rigidification/thickening biolink:causes

    Cooling reduces bilayer fluidity, inducing membrane rigidification and thickening.

    • DOI:10.1128/spectrum.03925-23 Decreasing temperature induces membrane rigidification and thickening, producing a liquid-crystalline-to-gel phase transition.
  • membrane unsaturated fatty acids contributes to homeoviscous adaptation / restored fluidity RO:0002326

    Increased membrane unsaturated fatty acids counter low-temperature rigidification and restore bilayer fluidity.

    • DOI:10.1146/annurev-micro-091313-103612 Bacteria perform homoviscous adaptation by increasing membrane unsaturated fatty acids as growth temperature decreases, thereby restoring bilayer fluidity.
  • homeoviscous adaptation / restored fluidity counteracts membrane rigidification/thickening

    Homeoviscous adaptation restores fluidity, opposing cold-induced membrane rigidification.

    • DOI:10.1146/annurev-micro-091313-103612 Homeoviscous adaptation restores bilayer fluidity against rigidification as growth temperature decreases.
  • temperature decrease shifts iso-to-anteiso branched-chain fatty acid shift

    Low-temperature acclimation drives iso-to-anteiso branched-chain fatty acid switching for membrane fluidization.

    • DOI:10.1007/s42770-023-01057-4 Predominant long-term adaptation to low temperatures occurs via fluidization of the membrane by chain branching, specifically iso-to-anteiso SFA switching.
  • iso-to-anteiso branched-chain fatty acid shift contributes to homeoviscous adaptation / restored fluidity RO:0002326

    Branched-chain fatty acid remodeling fluidizes the membrane, supporting homeoviscous adaptation.

    • DOI:10.1007/s42770-023-01057-4 Long-term low-temperature adaptation fluidizes the membrane via introduction of chain branching, a homeoviscous mechanism.
  • limited thermal-adaptation flexibility limits homeoviscous adaptation / restored fluidity RO:0002212

    Impaired acyl-chain remodeling capacity constrains homeoviscous adaptation flexibility, narrowing thermal breadth.

    • DOI:10.1101/2023.11.10.566608 Impaired homeoviscous adaptation: unable to regulate the acyl chain profile to the same extent in response to temperature fluctuations.

Provenance

Source
METPO (2025-11-25)
Definition source
DOI:10.1146/annurev-micro-091313-103612

Synonyms (1)

  • Td_5_10 RELATED_SYNONYM · metpo.owl

kg-microbe context

Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.

  • METPO:1000484 [+0.568, +2.604, -3.872, -0.321, …]

512-dim DeepWalkSkipGramEnsmallen embedding from kg-microbe (2026-04-25).

Nearest neighbors in embedding space

Top-8 cosine-similar METPO traits from the 2026-04-25 deepwalk (512-D).

Curation history

  1. · SEEDED_FROM_METPO · seed_from_metpo

    imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (CLASS)

  2. · CURATED_CAUSAL_GRAPH · claude

    Added DOI-backed definition and causal graph linking limited thermal-adaptation flexibility to the narrow-breadth temperature-delta-low bin.

  3. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 2 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2000202×1, rdfs:subClassOf×1).

  4. · ENRICH_CAUSAL_GRAPH · claude

    Added 6 evidence-backed generic edges (5 new nodes) from the deep-research report.

  5. · GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude

    Grounded 4 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (RO:0002326×2, biolink:causes×1, RO:0002212×1).