Slot: strain_name

Strain or cultivar name of the organism.

URI: nmdc:strain_name

Applicable Classes

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

Properties

• Range: String

Examples

Value
PV-4
DSS-3
DSM 6724

Comments

• Microbial strain identifiers and plant cultivar names (governed by the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, ICNCP) are nomenclaturally distinct, but this slot accepts both for now to match the JGI Isolate (NA) v19 form's combined "Strain or cultivar" field. A separate cultivar_name slot may be added if a plant-specific use case emerges; see #3056.
• MIxS subspecf_gen_lin (MIXS:0000020) covers this concept along with cultivar, serovar, biotype, ecotype, and other sub-species lineage types in a single slot using a rank-prefix encoding (e.g. "strain:PV-4"). NMDC splits the concept into separate slots; this slot covers the strain rank specifically.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

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

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
related	MIXS:0000020

LinkML Source

name: strain_name
description: Strain or cultivar name of the organism.
comments:
- 'Microbial strain identifiers and plant cultivar names (governed by the International
  Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, ICNCP) are nomenclaturally distinct,
  but this slot accepts both for now to match the JGI Isolate (NA) v19 form''s combined
  "Strain or cultivar" field. A separate `cultivar_name` slot may be added if a plant-specific
  use case emerges; see #3056.'
- MIxS `subspecf_gen_lin` (MIXS:0000020) covers this concept along with cultivar,
  serovar, biotype, ecotype, and other sub-species lineage types in a single slot
  using a rank-prefix encoding (e.g. "strain:PV-4"). NMDC splits the concept into
  separate slots; this slot covers the strain rank specifically.
examples:
- value: PV-4
  description: GOLD organism_v2 Go0000189 (Shewanella loihica PV-4, queried 2026-04-21)
- value: DSS-3
  description: GOLD organism_v2 Go0000514 (Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3, queried 2026-04-21)
- value: DSM 6724
  description: GOLD organism_v2 Dictyoglomus turgidum (Go0000002, queried 2026-04-14)
in_subset:
- jgi_isolate
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
structured_aliases:
- literal_form: Strain or cultivar
  predicate: EXACT_SYNONYM
  contexts:
  - https://jgi.doe.gov/isolate-submission-form/v19
related_mappings:
- MIXS:0000020
rank: 1000
alias: strain_name
domain_of:
- Organism
range: string