identifier: METPO:1007066
label: filamentous colony
definition: A colony shape that has a thread-like or filamentous outline.
trait_category: OTHER
term_kind: CLASS
mapping_status: SEEDED
parent_traits:
- METPO:1007063
created_by: Marcin Joachimiak
curation_history:
- timestamp: '2026-09-11T12:30:55Z'
  curator: seed_from_metpo
  action: SEEDED_FROM_METPO
  changes: imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (CLASS)
- timestamp: '2026-09-11T12:32:13Z'
  curator: codex
  action: ENRICHED_FROM_LITERATURE
  changes: Enriched the seeded METPO filamentous colony phenotype with stable OMP
    definition provenance and DOI-backed evidence after a repository-wide duplicate
    review covering ignored and hidden files.
  llm_assisted: true
definition_source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMP_0000088
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.7759/cureus.374
  snippet: Colony morphology is one among the various characters of bacteria, which
    is also unique to a particular genus of bacteria that could be instrumental in
    preliminary identification. Size (measured in millimetres - pinpoint (≤ 1 mm),
    small (2-3 mm), medium (4-5 mm), and large (> 5 mm) colonies), shape (circular,
    irregular, rhomboid, umbonate, umbonate, filamentous, or rhizoid)
  notes: Kandi lists filamentous as a bacterial colony shape value distinct from circular,
    irregular, and rhizoid forms.