identifier: traitmech:000134
label: nitrate reduction
definition: A metabolism in which an organism reduces nitrate, whether for energy
  conservation or for assimilation into biomass.
definition_source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507
trait_category: METABOLISM
term_kind: CLASS
mapping_status: PROPOSED
parent_traits:
- METPO:1000060
synonyms:
- synonym_text: nitrate_reduction
  synonym_type: RELATED_SYNONYM
  source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.1128/JB.181.21.6573-6584.1999
  snippet: Nitrate reduction can be performed with three different purposes
  notes: Moreno-Vivian et al. review prokaryotic nitrate reduction across nitrate
    assimilation, nitrate respiration, and nitrate dissimilation.
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