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

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Quast, Christian, Pruesse, Elmar, Yilmaz, Pelin, Gerken, Jan, Schweer, Timmy, Yarza, Pablo, Peplies, Jörg, Glöckner, Frank Oliver·2012·Nucleic Acids Research

Abstract

SILVA (from Latin silva, forest, http://www.arb-silva.de) is a comprehensive web 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. The referred database release 111 (July 2012) contains 3 194 778 small subunit and 288 717 large subunit rRNA gene sequences. Since the initial description of the project, substantial new features have been introduced, including advanced quality control procedures, an improved rRNA gene aligner, online tools for probe and primer evaluation and optimized browsing, searching and downloading on the website. Furthermore, the extensively curated SILVA taxonomy and the new non-redundant SILVA datasets provide an ideal reference for high-throughput classification of data from next-generation sequencing approaches.

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Authors
Quast, C., Pruesse, E., Yilmaz, P., Gerken, J., Schweer, T., Yarza, P., Peplies, J., & Glöckner, F. O.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (DE)
  • Constructor University (DE)
Corresponding author
Glöckner, Frank Oliver
Venue
Nucleic Acids Research
Published
2012-11-27
Volume
41
Issue
D1
Pages
D590-D596
ISSN
  • 0305-1048 (ISSN-L)
  • 1362-4962
OpenAlex
W2034285706
Cited by
33,055
References
24
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121.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nucleic Acids Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (cc-by)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Keywords
SILVA database, ribosomal RNA gene sequences, small subunit rRNA, large subunit rRNA, sequencing quality control, bacterial classification, web-based tool
MeSH terms
Archaea, Bacteria, Software, Internet, Genes, rRNA, Databases, Nucleic Acid, Eukaryota, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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