The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks
University of British Columbia · Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology · +2 more institutions
Abstract
SILVA (from Latin silva, forest, http://www.arb-silva.de) is a comprehensive resource for up-to-date quality-controlled databases of aligned ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences from the Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryota domains and supplementary online services. SILVA provides a manually curated taxonomy for all three domains of life, based on representative phylogenetic trees for the small- and large-subunit rRNA genes. This article describes the improvements the SILVA taxonomy has undergone in the last 3 years. Specifically we are focusing on the curation process, the various resources used for curation and the comparison of the SILVA taxonomy with Greengenes and RDP-II taxonomies. Our comparisons not only…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 18.99
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- 100%
- References
- 38
Authors
10- PYPelin YilmazCorresponding
University of British Columbia
- LWLaura Wegener Parfrey
University of British Columbia, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Constructor University
- PYPablo Yarza
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society, University of British Columbia, Constructor University
- JGJan Gerken
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society, Constructor University, University of British Columbia
- EPElmar Pruesse
Max Planck Society, University of British Columbia, Constructor University, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Taxonomy (biology)
- Taxon
- Phylogenetic tree
- Ribosomal RNA
- Three-domain system
- Phylogenetics
- Evolutionary biology
- Life in Land