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NCBI Taxonomy

Name of repository
NCBI Taxonomy
Additional name(s)
  • Entrez Taxonomy
Repository URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy
Subject(s)
Description
The NCBI Taxonomy database is a curated set of names and classifications for all of the organisms that are represented in GenBank. The EMBL and DDBJ databases, as well as GenBank, now use the NCBI Taxonomy as the standard classification for nucleotide sequences. Taxonomy Contains the names and phylogenetic lineages of more than 160,000 organisms that have molecular data in the NCBI databases. New taxa are added to the Taxonomy database as data are deposited for them. When new sequences are submitted to GenBank, the submission is checked for new organism names, which are then classified and added to the Taxonomy database.
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Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • RRID:nif-0000-03179
  • RRID:SCR_003256
  • FAIRsharing_doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.fj07xj
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53758/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Additional name(s)
  • NCBI
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_011446
  • ROR:02meqm098
Contact(s)
  • info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
Additional name(s)
  • NIH
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:0060t0j89
  • RRID:SCR_011446
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Additional name(s)
  • HHS.gov
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:SCR_009983
  • ROR:033jnv181
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
NCBI Website and Data Usage Policies and Disclaimers
Policy Name
U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • other

Data upload license (2)

Data upload license name
NCBI taxonomy handbook
Data upload license name
Submission
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

API type
FTP

Remarks

Remarks
The NCBI Taxonomy database is a curated set of names and classifications for all of the organisms that are represented in GenBank. When new sequences are submitted to GenBank, the submission is checked for new organism names, which are then classified and added to the Taxonomy database
Entry date
2013-06-25
Last update
2023-09-28
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re3data.org: NCBI Taxonomy; editing status 2023-09-28; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3531R last accessed: 2024-04-19