Repository details
SILVA
Name of repository
SILVA
Additional name(s)
- A comprehensive on-line resource for quality checked and aligned ribosomal RNA sequence data.
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
SILVA is a comprehensive, quality-controlled web resource for up-to-date aligned ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences from the Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryota domains alongside supplementary online services. In addition to data products, SILVA provides various online tools such as alignment and classification, phylogenetic tree calculation and viewer, probe/primer matching, and an amplicon analysis pipeline. With every full release a curated guide tree is provided that contains the latest taxonomy and nomenclature based on multiple references. SILVA is an ELIXIR Core Data Resource.
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
Version 138 over 9.400.000 SSU Aligned rRNA sequences
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
- institutional
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (3)
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH
- DSMZ
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
01.01.2023
Institution name
Additional name(s)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Mikrobielle Genomik und Bioinformatik
- MPI-Bremen, Mikrobielle Genomik und Bioinformatik
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
End date of responsibility
31.12.2022
Additional name(s)
- Ribocon
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
- technical
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
End date of responsibility
31.12.2022
Policies (1)
Policy name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database license
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (1)
Data license
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Author identifier system(s)
- ORCID
Enhanced publication
yes
Application programming interfaces (1)
Alerting services (1)
Type of alerting service
Remarks
Remarks
SILVA is one of the ELIXIR Core Data Resources.
As of release 138 the SILVA databases, its taxonomy, and all files provided for download are licensed unter Opens external link in new windowCreate Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0). All data is freely available for academic and commercial use as long as SILVA is credited as original author and a link to the full license is provided.
Releases before SILVA 138 are not affected by the new license. Please refer to the license file provided in each download directory for the license associated with the provided files.
Entry date
2014-09-24
Last update
2026-08-28
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