uses as electron acceptor
METPO:2000008 · OBJECT_PROPERTY · REVIEWED
An OBJECT_PROPERTY relating an organism to a chemical entity (e.g. a CHEBI class) that the organism uses as the terminal electron acceptor in respiration. The intended use is predicate + class composition at assertion time, e.g. `<organism> METPO:2000008 CHEBI:17632` ("organism uses nitrate as electron acceptor").
Provenance
- Source
- METPO (2025-11-25)
- Definition source
- DOI:10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093130
Parent traits (1)
Synonyms (1)
- electron acceptor
Cross-references
MICRO:0001463
kg-microbe context
Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.
METPO:2000008[-1.185, -0.120, -2.348, -0.244, …]
Nearest neighbors in embedding space
- metabolism does not build gas from 0.994
- metabolism reduces 0.994
- metabolism uses for anaerobic catabolization 0.994
- metabolism oxidizes 0.994
- metabolism uses as carbon source 0.994
- metabolism does not use for anaerobic growth 0.994
- metabolism does not assimilate 0.994
- metabolism does not disproportionate 0.993
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_METPO · seed_from_metpo
imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (OBJECT_PROPERTY)
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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.
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UNDEPRECATED_AS_COMPOSITION_PRIMITIVE · claude
Restored from DEPRECATED to REVIEWED. METPO modeling uses the predicate + class composition pattern (this OBJECT_PROPERTY composed with a CHEBI electron-acceptor chemical at assertion time) rather than precomposed substrate-specific TraitRecords. Added DOI-backed definition and evidence.
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ADDED_EXTERNAL_PREDICATE_XREF · claude
Added xrefs ['MICRO:0001463'] to record an external equivalence predicate (MICRO:0001463 'uses electron acceptor'). MICRO:0001463 'uses electron acceptor' is the direct equivalent. Source: OLS4 property search.