The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

Abstract

This FAIRsharing record describes: 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. The SILVA curation team is now part of Bergey’s Trustees and the Protist Reference Taxonomy Project UniEuk, which will further improve the quality of SILVA taxonomy. In order to cope with the dramatic expansion of bacterial and archaeal phyla, we have also teamed up with phylogenomic taxonomy efforts (i.e. Genome Taxonomy Database). SILVA is an ELIXIR Core Data Resource.

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Affiliated Institutions

• Max Planck Society DE
• Constructor University DE

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