The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered
University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden · University of Gothenburg · +17 more institutions
Abstract
UNITE (https://unite.ut.ee) is a web-based database and sequence management environment for molecular identification of eukaryotes. It targets the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and offers nearly 10 million such sequences for reference. These are clustered into ∼2.4M species hypotheses (SHs), each assigned a unique digital object identifier (DOI) to promote unambiguous referencing across studies. UNITE users have contributed over 600 000 third-party sequence annotations, which are shared with a range of databases and other community resources. Recent improvements facilitate the detection of cross-kingdom biological associations and the integration of undescribed groups of organisms…
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Authors
32- KAKessy AbarenkovCorresponding
University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden
- RHR. Henrik Nilsson
University of Gothenburg
- KLKarl‐Henrik Larsson
University of Oslo, University of Gothenburg
- AFAndy F. S. Taylor
James Hutton Institute, University of Aberdeen
- TWTom W. May
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Identification (biology)
- Identifier
- Taxon
- Biodiversity
- Evolutionary biology
- Internal transcribed spacer
- Taxonomic rank
- Life in Land