Slot: organism_species

Species of the organism.

URI: nmdc:organism_species

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
Organism	A material entity that is a living or once-living individual	no

Properties

• Range: String

Examples

Value
loihica
pomeroyi
sp.

Comments

• Free-text submitter-provided species name. For an ontology-grounded classification, use classified_as with a NcbiTaxon instance on the parent Organism class.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value

LinkML Source

name: organism_species
description: Species of the organism.
comments:
- Free-text submitter-provided species name. For an ontology-grounded classification,
  use `classified_as` with a NcbiTaxon instance on the parent Organism class.
examples:
- value: loihica
  description: GOLD organism_v2 Go0000189 (Shewanella loihica PV-4, queried 2026-04-21)
- value: pomeroyi
  description: GOLD organism_v2 Go0000514 (Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3, queried 2026-04-21)
- value: sp.
  description: GOLD organism_v2.species (n=37 records, queried 2026-04-30) — used
    when the isolate has not yet been assigned a species name
in_subset:
- jgi_isolate
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
structured_aliases:
- literal_form: Species
  predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
  contexts:
  - https://jgi.doe.gov/isolate-submission-form/v19
rank: 1000
alias: organism_species
domain_of:
- Organism
range: string