Description
The Taxonomy Database is a curated classification and nomenclature for all of the organisms in the public sequence databases. This currently represents about 10% of the described species of life on the planet.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxonomy Browser - Query Interface | HTML | Search the taxonomy tree using partial taxonomic names, common names, wild cards and phonetically similar names. | Open resource |
| Taxonomy Common Tree | HTML | Generates a taxonomic tree for a selected group of organisms. Users can upload a file of taxonomy IDs or names, or they can enter names or IDs directly. | Open resource |
| Taxonomy Status Reports | HTML | Displays the current status of a set of taxonomic nodes or IDs. | Open resource |
| Genetic Codes | HTML | Currently, genetic codes can be set independently for nucleus, mitochondria, plastids and hydrogenosomes. The current settings for each of these on the taxonomic tree can be viewed with this following code list. | Open resource |
| Extinct Organisms | HTML | Extinct organisms that are represented with sequence data at GenBank | Open resource |
| Taxonomy Statistics - Query Interface | HTML | Displays the number of taxonomic nodes in the database for a given rank and date of inclusion. | Open resource |