expansion culture medium

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/ExpansionCultureMedium

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaMaterial/

SubClass Of: specialized culture medium

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › mixed material › culture medium › specialized culture medium › expansion culture medium

Definition

specialized culture medium that has a cell proliferation supporting function

Semi-Formal Definition:

every instance of ‘expansion culture medium’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘specialized culture medium’ when it ‘has function’ some ‘cell proliferation supporting function’

Examples

• Human-Mesenchymal-XF-Expansion-Medium

Counter-Examples

• chemically defined production medium optimized for antibody yield may maintain cell viability but does not primarily function as a proliferation medium

Adapted From

• https://www.thermofisher.com/rs/en/home/references/gibco-cell-culture-basics/cell-culture-environment/culture-media.html and https://www.labome.com/method/Cell-Culture-Media-A-Review.html

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Definition

ExpansionCultureMedium(x) ↔ SpecializedCultureMedium(x) ∧ ∃f (CellProliferationSupportingFunction(f) ∧ hasFunction(x, f))

Description Logic

constr:ExpansionCultureMedium ≡ constr:SpecializedCultureMedium ⊓ ∃ constr:hasFunction .constr:CellProliferationSupportingFunction

constr:ExpansionCultureMedium ⊑ constr:SpecializedCultureMedium

EquivalentTo: constr:SpecializedCultureMedium and constr:hasFunction some constr:CellProliferationSupportingFunction

SubClassOf: constr:SpecializedCultureMedium