does not assimilate

METPO:2000027 · OBJECT_PROPERTY · REVIEWED

An OBJECT_PROPERTY asserting that an organism does NOT take up and incorporate a given chemical entity into cellular biomass. Negation companion of the positive 'assimilates' predicate.

Provenance

Source: METPO (2025-11-25)
Definition source: DOI:10.1146/annurev.micro.55.1.485

Parent traits (1)

organism interacts with chemical METPO:2000001

Synonyms (1)

assimilation RELATED_SYNONYM · metpo.owl

kg-microbe context

Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.

METPO:2000027 [-1.286, -0.307, -2.407, -0.248, …]

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).

metabolism uses as sulfur source 0.995
metabolism does not build gas from 0.995
metabolism does not use for growth 0.995
metabolism uses for anaerobic catabolization 0.995
metabolism oxidizes 0.994
metabolism uses for growth 0.994
metabolism is not required for growth 0.994
metabolism does not use for aerobic catabolization 0.994

Curation history

2026-05-05T01:35:46.963086+00:00 · SEEDED_FROM_METPO · seed_from_metpo
imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (OBJECT_PROPERTY)
2026-05-10T00:00:00-07:00 · DEPRECATED_PROPERTY_RECORD · codex
Deprecated generic negative biochemical conversion or activity relation carrier; later replacement should use more specific trait records that combine the relation with the substrate, product, enzyme or activity target, assay context, growth condition, and negative evidence.
2026-05-16T08:50:00-07:00 · UNDEPRECATED_AS_COMPOSITION_PRIMITIVE · claude
Restored from DEPRECATED to REVIEWED under the predicate+class composition pattern (intended use: <organism> + this predicate + CHEBI chemical class). Added DOI/PMID-backed definition, evidence, and explicit domain/range slots.