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Slot: ecosystem_category

Ecosystem categories represent divisions within the ecosystem based on specific characteristics of the environment from where an organism or sample is isolated. Ecosystem category is in position 2/5 in a GOLD path.

URI: nmdc:ecosystem_category

Inheritance

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Biosample Biological source material which can be characterized by an experiment no
Study A study summarizes the overall goal of a research initiative and outlines the... no

Properties

Comments

  • The Environmental ecosystem (for example) is divided into Air, Aquatic and Terrestrial. Ecosystem categories for Host-associated samples can be individual hosts or phyla and for engineered samples it may be manipulated environments like bioreactors, solid waste etc.

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Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

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name: ecosystem_category
description: Ecosystem categories represent divisions within the ecosystem based on
  specific characteristics of the environment from where an organism or sample is
  isolated. Ecosystem category is in position 2/5 in a GOLD path.
comments:
- The Environmental ecosystem (for example) is divided into Air, Aquatic and Terrestrial.
  Ecosystem categories for Host-associated samples can be individual hosts or phyla
  and for engineered samples it may be manipulated environments like bioreactors,
  solid waste etc.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
see_also:
- https://gold.jgi.doe.gov/help
rank: 1000
is_a: gold_path_field
alias: ecosystem_category
domain_of:
- Biosample
- Study
range: string