Taxonomy Help

This book contains information on the NCBI Taxonomy database. The Taxonomy database contains the names of all organisms that are represented in the genetic databases with at least one nucleotide or protein sequence.

Contents

• NCBI Taxonomy
  Conrad Schoch.
  Created: April 7, 2011; Last Update: February 11, 2020.
  • Overview
  • A brief history
  • Codes of Nomenclature
  • Treatment of Type Material in NCBI Taxonomy
  • Data Model
  • Access
  • Other tools for NCBI Taxonomy information
  • Further reading
• Frequently Asked Questions
  Conrad Schoch.
  Created: May 10, 2011; Last Update: February 21, 2020.