is not required for growth

METPO:2000045 · OBJECT_PROPERTY · REVIEWED

An OBJECT_PROPERTY relating an organism to a chemical entity that is *not* required for that organism's growth (positive assertion of non-requirement). Functions as the negation companion of 'requires for growth'.

Provenance

Source: METPO (2025-11-25)
Definition source: PMID:21413255

Parent traits (1)

organism interacts with chemical METPO:2000001

Synonyms (1)

required for growth RELATED_SYNONYM · metpo.owl

kg-microbe context

Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.

METPO:2000045 [-1.197, -0.313, -2.507, -0.156, …]

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 does not use for anaerobic growth with light 0.995
metabolism does not use as electron donor 0.995
metabolism uses for growth 0.995
metabolism does not use as electron acceptor 0.995
metabolism uses as sulfur source 0.995
metabolism does not use for respiration 0.995
metabolism does not use for aerobic growth 0.995
metabolism does not reduce 0.994

Curation history

2026-05-05T01:35:46.972308+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 metabolism relation carrier; later replacement should use more specific trait records that combine the relation with the chemical, phenotype, quality, compartment, enzyme or activity target, growth context, measurement, or other entity.
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.