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SILVA Databases

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Alignment; Classification; Probe and primer evaluation; Quality assessment; Ribosomal RNA gene datasets; Taxonomy

Definition

SILVA (from Latin silva, forest) is a comprehensive web resource (http://www.arb-silva.de) for up-to-date, quality-controlled databases of aligned ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) sequences from the Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya domains.

Introduction

Sequencing the ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) is the method of choice for nucleic acid-based detection and identification of microbes, their taxonomic assignment, phylogenetic analysis, and investigation of microbial diversity. Today (July 2012), more than 3.5 million small and large subunit (SSU and LSU) rDNA sequences are publicly available and their analysis demands for appropriate software tools and specialized, quality-controlled databases. The SILVA datasets, established in 2007, provide high-quality, comprehensive rDNA datasets comprising sequences from the Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya domains.cxAll...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

    Christian Quast, Elmar Pruesse, Jan Gerken, Timmy Schweer & Pelin Yilmaz

  2. Ribocon GmbH, Bremen, Germany

    Jörg Peplies

  3. Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Jacobs University, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Frank Oliver Glockner

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  1. J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), Rockville, Maryland, USA

    Karen E. Nelson

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Quast, C. et al. (2012). SILVA Databases. In: Nelson, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_250-6

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