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== What are microbial phenotypes & why do they need an ontology? ==

A phenotype is the expression of a genotype (i.e. the full genetic complement of an organism) in a given environment. For example, eye color, number of seeds per pod,
and coat color are phenotypic traits that can be observed in ﬂies, lupines, and ponies, respectively. Within an individual organism, both changes in genetic makeup, such as from bacterial conjugation, and variation in gene expression can result in different phenotypes under similar environmental conditions. Conversely, environmental variation can lead to different outcomes for genetically identical organisms, through variable gene expression. Myriad genetically and taxonomically diverse microbes exhibit countless variability in their morphological and physiological traits, both within and among species. Oftentimes these result in unique and exquisite manifestations, such as the symbiosis between the bioluminescent ''Vibrio ﬁscheri'' bacterium and its squid host ''Euprymna scolopes''. Characterization of phenotypes is critically important for medical microbial identiﬁcation, and many unique biotechnological applications of microbes are rooted in phenotypes. Genetic manipulation with associated phenotypic characterization remains an important tool for determining protein function in microorganisms amenable to manipulation, such as ''Escherichia coli''. To facilitate research in all of these areas, we are developing the Ontology of Microbial Phenotypes to allow for standardized capture of essential phenotypic information.

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=== Search Pages of Interest ===
*[[OMP_summary|Summary table]] of all entries in the phenotype tables.
*We are starting to collect [[Categories to Search|information on methods]]. You can contribute to OMP by adding methods and/or references.

File:OMP Poster GSC2015.pdf

2015-08-28T15:26:15Z

JimHu: OMP Poster from the 2015 Genome Standards Consortium Workshop at JGI

OMP Poster from the 2015 Genome Standards Consortium Workshop at JGI

2014-10-07T20:12:00Z

JimHu:

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Template:Phenotype Table 2

2014-10-07T03:42:12Z

JimHu:

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Phenotype of||type|select||a mutation or genetic difference within a strain| a single strain under different conditions|a distinct species or taxonomic entity|Other
Taxon Information||taxon|multifield|Taxon|Strain|Substrain|NCBI Taxon ID
Genotype Information (if known)||genotype|multifield|Genotype of Reference Strain|Genotype of Experimental Strain
Condition Information||condition|multifield|Reference Condition|Experimental Condition
OMP ID||ontology|text|OMP ID for Experimental
OMP Term Name||phenotype|text
ECO ID||ECO|text
ECO Term Name||evidence|text
Notes||notes|textbox
Status||status|text
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