green pigmented
METPO:1003025 · CLASS · REVIEWED
A pigmentation phenotype in which microbial colonies or cultures appear green or blue-green due to pigments such as pyocyanin and pyoverdine.
Green pigmentation pyocyanin phenazine mechanism
Edge evidence
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phz operons
encodes
phenazine biosynthesis
biolink:encodesphz operons encode enzymes required for phenazine biosynthesis.
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DOI:10.1186/s12934-023-02122-1phenazine synthesis operons including phzA1, phzA2, phzS, and phzM
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phenazine biosynthesis
produces
pyocyanin
METPO:2000202Phenazine biosynthesis produces pyocyanin.
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DOI:10.1128/jb.138.3.846-852.1979pyocyanine biosynthesis
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pyocyanin
causes
visible green color
biolink:causesPyocyanin contributes blue-green visible pigmentation.
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DOI:10.1186/s12934-023-02122-1Pyocyanin is a blue phenazine pigment
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visible green color
manifests as
green pigmented
METPO:2007400Visible green or blue-green culture color manifests the green-pigmented phenotype.
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DOI:10.1186/s12934-023-02122-1lead to the green colorization of the culture plate
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chorismate
precursor of
phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA)
Chorismate is the shikimate-pathway precursor of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid.
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DOI:10.1007/s11274-023-03548-w
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phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA)
precursor of
pyocyanin
Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid is the core intermediate converted toward pyocyanin.
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DOI:10.1007/s11274-023-03548-w
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quorum sensing
positively regulates
pyocyanin
Quorum sensing positively regulates pyocyanin production.
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DOI:10.1186/s12934-023-02122-1
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pyocyanin redox state and pH
modifies
visible green color
Redox state and pH alter the apparent color of pyocyanin pigment.
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DOI:10.1007/s11274-023-03548-w
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pyoverdine NRPS enzymes (PvdL/PvdI/PvdJ/PvdD)
participates in
pyoverdine biosynthesis
biolink:participates_inPvdL/PvdI/PvdJ/PvdD NRPS enzymes synthesize the pyoverdine peptide backbone.
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DOI:10.3390/ijms25116013
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iron-deficient conditions
induces
pyoverdine biosynthesis
Iron-deficient conditions induce expression of pyoverdine biosynthetic enzymes.
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DOI:10.3390/ijms25116013
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pyoverdine biosynthesis
contributes to
visible green color
RO:0002326Pyoverdine, a yellow-green fluorescent pigment, contributes to green coloration alongside pyocyanin.
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DOI:10.1186/s12934-023-02122-1
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Provenance
- Source
- METPO (2025-11-25)
- Definition source
- DOI:10.1186/s12934-023-02122-1
Parent traits (1)
Synonyms (1)
- Pigment_green
kg-microbe context
Matched 1 kg-microbe node via direct_metpo.
METPO:1003025[-0.292, -0.545, -1.390, +0.056, …]
Nearest neighbors in embedding space
- morphology pigmentation 0.899
- morphology carotenoid pigmentation 0.818
- morphology black pigmented 0.790
- morphology pink pigmented 0.753
- morphology red pigmented 0.752
- morphology white pigmented 0.750
- morphology cream pigmented 0.710
- morphology yellow pigmented 0.696
Curation history
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SEEDED_FROM_METPO · seed_from_metpo
imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (CLASS)
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CURATED_WITH_LITERATURE · codex
Added DOI-backed definition and causal graph for phz operons, phenazine biosynthesis, pyocyanin, and visible green/blue-green color.
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2000202×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (biolink:causes×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (biolink:encodes×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (METPO:2007400×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude
Grounded 1 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (GO:0002047×1).
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ENRICH_CAUSAL_GRAPH · claude
Added 7 evidence-backed generic edges (7 new nodes) from the deep-research report.
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GROUND_CAUSAL_PREDICATES · claude
Grounded 2 causal-edge predicate_id field(s) via mappings/predicate_grounding.tsv (biolink:participates_in×1, RO:0002326×1).
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GROUND_CAUSAL_NODES · claude
Grounded 2 causal-node grounding field(s) via mappings/node_grounding.tsv (CHEBI:29748×1, GO:0009372×1).