identifier: traitmech:000128
label: hydrocarbon degradation
definition: A metabolism in which an organism catabolizes a hydrocarbon, using it
  as a carbon and energy source.
definition_source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507
trait_category: METABOLISM
term_kind: CLASS
mapping_status: PROPOSED
parent_traits:
- METPO:1000060
synonyms:
- synonym_text: hydrocarbon_degradation
  synonym_type: RELATED_SYNONYM
  source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507
xrefs:
- GO:0120253
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1128/MR.54.3.305-315.1990
  snippet: Hydrocarbons are degraded primarily by bacteria and fungi
  notes: Leahy and Colwell review microbial hydrocarbon degradation across environmental
    microorganisms.
curation_history:
- timestamp: '2026-09-08T00:00:00Z'
  curator: codex
  action: PROPOSED_FROM_RESEARCH
  changes: Proposed a DOI-backed FAPROTAX metabolic capability from proposals/metpo_traitmech_v11
    after repository-wide duplicate review.
  llm_assisted: true