does not use as energy source

METPO:2000036 · OBJECT_PROPERTY · REVIEWED

An OBJECT_PROPERTY asserting that an organism does NOT use a given chemical as a source of energy for metabolism. Negation companion of 'uses as energy source'.

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)

energy source RELATED_SYNONYM · metpo.owl

kg-microbe context

Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.

METPO:2000036 [-1.315, -0.164, -2.374, -0.206, …]

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 produces 0.995
metabolism uses for aerobic catabolization 0.995
metabolism does not use for anaerobic growth with light 0.995
metabolism disproportionates 0.995
metabolism does not use for anaerobic catabolization 0.994
metabolism does not degrade 0.994
metabolism uses as electron donor 0.994
metabolism does not use in other way 0.994

Curation history

2026-05-05T01:35:46.967940+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 chemical-use relation carrier; later replacement should use more specific trait records that combine the relation with the chemical, metabolic role, growth condition, and positive or negative usage context.
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.