identifier: METPO:1005026
label: hemolytic
definition: A phenotype in which an organism is capable of lysing red blood cells.
trait_category: OTHER
term_kind: CLASS
mapping_status: SEEDED
parent_traits:
- METPO:1005025
curation_history:
- timestamp: '2026-09-11T09:01:06Z'
  curator: seed_from_metpo
  action: SEEDED_FROM_METPO
  changes: imported from data/raw/metpo.owl (CLASS)
- timestamp: '2026-09-11T09:02:00Z'
  curator: codex
  action: ENRICHED_FROM_LITERATURE
  changes: Enriched the active METPO hemolytic child class with DOI-backed Staphylococcus
    aureus hemolysis evidence after a repository-wide duplicate review covering ignored
    and hidden files.
  llm_assisted: true
definition_source: DOI:10.3390/toxins5061140
evidence:
- reference: DOI:10.3390/toxins5061140
  snippet: hemolysis to toxigenic substances secreted by S. aureus
  notes: Berube and Bubeck Wardenburg review historical evidence that S. aureus secretes
    hemolytic toxins, supporting a hemolytic phenotype.
canonical_examples:
- taxon_id: NCBITaxon:1280
  taxon_label: Staphylococcus aureus
  note: Canonical hemolytic bacterium whose culture supernatants have long been assayed
    for rabbit red-blood-cell lysis.
  reference: DOI:10.3390/toxins5061140