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BiGG Get Model

Get detailed information for a specific metabolic model. Returns organism, genome accession, reaction/metabolite/gene counts, and publication reference (PMID). Use for: understanding model scope, checking model currency, finding publications, model selection. Essential metadata before downloading or analyzing a model. Example model IDs: iJO1366 (E. coli), iMM904 (S. cerevisiae), Recon3D (human).

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 111msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 111ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "model_id": {
      "description": "Required: BiGG model ID (e.g., 'iJO1366', 'iMM904', 'Recon3D')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "operation": {
      "description": "Operation type",
      "enum": [
        "get_model"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "operation",
    "model_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default BiGG Get Model call

public-safeinput

{
  "model_id": "",
  "operation": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_BiGG_get_model
Tool name: BiGG_get_model
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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