\item{x}{any \link{character} (vector) that can be coerced to a valid microorganism code with \code{\link[=as.mo]{as.mo()}}. Can be left blank for auto-guessing the column containing microorganism codes if used in a data set, see \emph{Examples}.}
\item{language}{language to translate text like "no growth", which defaults to the system language (see \code{\link[=get_AMR_locale]{get_AMR_locale()}})}
\item{keep_synonyms}{a \link{logical} to indicate if old, previously valid taxonomic names must be preserved and not be corrected to currently accepted names. The default is \code{FALSE}, which will return a note if old taxonomic names were processed. The default can be set with the \link[=AMR-options]{package option} \code{\link[=AMR-options]{AMR_keep_synonyms}}, i.e. \code{options(AMR_keep_synonyms = TRUE)} or \code{options(AMR_keep_synonyms = FALSE)}.}
\item{property}{one of the column names of the \link{microorganisms} data set: "mo", "fullname", "status", "kingdom", "phylum", "class", "order", "family", "genus", "species", "subspecies", "rank", "ref", "oxygen_tolerance", "source", "lpsn", "lpsn_parent", "lpsn_renamed_to", "mycobank", "mycobank_parent", "mycobank_renamed_to", "gbif", "gbif_parent", "gbif_renamed_to", "prevalence", or "snomed", or must be \code{"shortname"}}
\item A \link{list} in case of \code{\link[=mo_taxonomy]{mo_taxonomy()}}, \code{\link[=mo_synonyms]{mo_synonyms()}}, \code{\link[=mo_snomed]{mo_snomed()}} and \code{\link[=mo_info]{mo_info()}}
Use these functions to return a specific property of a microorganism based on the latest accepted taxonomy. All input values will be evaluated internally with \code{\link[=as.mo]{as.mo()}}, which makes it possible to use microbial abbreviations, codes and names as input. See \emph{Examples}.
All functions will, at default, \strong{not} keep old taxonomic properties, as synonyms are automatically replaced with the current taxonomy. Take for example \emph{Enterobacter aerogenes}, which was initially named in 1960 but renamed to \emph{Klebsiella aerogenes} in 2017:
\item \code{mo_genus("Enterobacter aerogenes")} will return \code{"Klebsiella"} (with a note about the renaming)
\item \code{mo_genus("Enterobacter aerogenes", keep_synonyms = TRUE)} will return \code{"Enterobacter"} (with a once-per-session warning that the name is outdated)
\item \code{mo_ref("Enterobacter aerogenes")} will return \code{"Tindall et al., 2017"} (with a note)
\item \code{mo_ref("Enterobacter aerogenes", keep_synonyms = TRUE)} will return \code{"Hormaeche et al., 1960"} (with a warning)
The short name (\code{\link[=mo_shortname]{mo_shortname()}}) returns the first character of the genus and the full species, such as \code{"E. coli"}, for species and subspecies. Exceptions are abbreviations of staphylococci (such as \emph{"CoNS"}, Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci) and beta-haemolytic streptococci (such as \emph{"GBS"}, Group B Streptococci). Please bear in mind that e.g. \emph{E. coli} could mean \emph{Escherichia coli} (kingdom of Bacteria) as well as \emph{Entamoeba coli} (kingdom of Protozoa). Returning to the full name will be done using \code{\link[=as.mo]{as.mo()}} internally, giving priority to bacteria and human pathogens, i.e. \code{"E. coli"} will be considered \emph{Escherichia coli}. As a result, \code{mo_fullname(mo_shortname("Entamoeba coli"))} returns \code{"Escherichia coli"}.
Since the top-level of the taxonomy is sometimes referred to as 'kingdom' and sometimes as 'domain', the functions \code{\link[=mo_kingdom]{mo_kingdom()}} and \code{\link[=mo_domain]{mo_domain()}} return the exact same results.
Determination of human pathogenicity (\code{\link[=mo_pathogenicity]{mo_pathogenicity()}}) is strongly based on Bartlett \emph{et al.} (2022, \doi{10.1099/mic.0.001269}). This function returns a \link{factor} with the levels \emph{Pathogenic}, \emph{Potentially pathogenic}, \emph{Non-pathogenic}, and \emph{Unknown}.
Determination of the Gram stain (\code{\link[=mo_gramstain]{mo_gramstain()}}) will be based on the taxonomic kingdom and phylum. Originally, Cavalier-Smith defined the so-called subkingdoms Negibacteria and Posibacteria (2002, \href{https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11837318/}{PMID 11837318}), and only considered these phyla as Posibacteria: Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Firmicutes, and Tenericutes. These phyla were later renamed to Actinomycetota, Chloroflexota, Bacillota, and Mycoplasmatota (2021, \href{https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34694987/}{PMID 34694987}). Bacteria in these phyla are considered Gram-positive in this \code{AMR} package, except for members of the class Negativicutes (within phylum Bacillota) which are Gram-negative. All other bacteria are considered Gram-negative. Species outside the kingdom of Bacteria will return a value \code{NA}. Functions \code{\link[=mo_is_gram_negative]{mo_is_gram_negative()}} and \code{\link[=mo_is_gram_positive]{mo_is_gram_positive()}} always return \code{TRUE} or \code{FALSE} (or \code{NA} when the input is \code{NA} or the MO code is \code{UNKNOWN}), thus always return \code{FALSE} for species outside the taxonomic kingdom of Bacteria.
Determination of yeasts (\code{\link[=mo_is_yeast]{mo_is_yeast()}}) will be based on the taxonomic kingdom and class. \emph{Budding yeasts} are fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, class Saccharomycetes (also called Hemiascomycetes). \emph{True yeasts} are aggregated into the underlying order Saccharomycetales. Thus, for all microorganisms that are member of the taxonomic class Saccharomycetes, the function will return \code{TRUE}. It returns \code{FALSE} otherwise (or \code{NA} when the input is \code{NA} or the MO code is \code{UNKNOWN}).
Determination of intrinsic resistance (\code{\link[=mo_is_intrinsic_resistant]{mo_is_intrinsic_resistant()}}) will be based on the \link{intrinsic_resistant} data set, which is based on \href{https://www.eucast.org/expert_rules_and_expected_phenotypes}{'EUCAST Expert Rules' and 'EUCAST Intrinsic Resistance and Unusual Phenotypes' v3.3} (2021). The \code{\link[=mo_is_intrinsic_resistant]{mo_is_intrinsic_resistant()}} function can be vectorised over both argument \code{x} (input for microorganisms) and \code{ab} (input for antibiotics).
Determination of bacterial oxygen tolerance (\code{\link[=mo_oxygen_tolerance]{mo_oxygen_tolerance()}}) will be based on BacDive, see \emph{Source}. The function \code{\link[=mo_is_anaerobic]{mo_is_anaerobic()}} only returns \code{TRUE} if the oxygen tolerance is \code{"anaerobe"}, indicting an obligate anaerobic species or genus. It always returns \code{FALSE} for species outside the taxonomic kingdom of Bacteria.
The function \code{\link[=mo_url]{mo_url()}} will return the direct URL to the online database entry, which also shows the scientific reference of the concerned species.
SNOMED codes (\code{\link[=mo_snomed]{mo_snomed()}}) are from the version of July 16th, 2024. See \emph{Source} and the \link{microorganisms} data set for more info.
Old taxonomic names (so-called 'synonyms') can be retrieved with \code{\link[=mo_synonyms]{mo_synonyms()}} (which will have the scientific reference as \link[base:names]{name}), the current taxonomic name can be retrieved with \code{\link[=mo_current]{mo_current()}}. Both functions return full names.
This function uses \code{\link[=as.mo]{as.mo()}} internally, which uses an advanced algorithm to translate arbitrary user input to valid taxonomy using a so-called matching score. You can read about this public algorithm on the \link[=mo_matching_score]{MO matching score page}.
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\item Parte, AC \emph{et al.} (2020). \strong{List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ.} International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70, 5607-5612; \doi{10.1099/ijsem.0.004332}. Accessed from \url{https://lpsn.dsmz.de} on June 24th, 2024.
\item GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset \doi{10.15468/39omei}. Accessed from \url{https://www.gbif.org} on June 24th, 2024.
\item Reimer, LC \emph{et al.} (2022). \strong{\emph{BacDive} in 2022: the knowledge base for standardized bacterial and archaeal data.} Nucleic Acids Res., 50(D1):D741-D74; \doi{10.1093/nar/gkab961}. Accessed from \url{https://bacdive.dsmz.de} on July 16th, 2024.
\item Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access and Distribution System (PHIN VADS). US Edition of SNOMED CT from 1 September 2020. Value Set Name 'Microorganism', OID 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.1009 (v12). URL: \url{https://phinvads.cdc.gov}
All data sets in this \code{AMR} package (about microorganisms, antibiotics, SIR interpretation, EUCAST rules, etc.) are publicly and freely available for download in the following formats: R, MS Excel, Apache Feather, Apache Parquet, SPSS, SAS, and Stata. We also provide tab-separated plain text files that are machine-readable and suitable for input in any software program, such as laboratory information systems. Please visit \href{https://msberends.github.io/AMR/articles/datasets.html}{our website for the download links}. The actual files are of course available on \href{https://github.com/msberends/AMR/tree/main/data-raw}{our GitHub repository}.
