The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered
Journal article, 2024

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 similar to 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 into everyday biological pursuits. Serving as a digital twin for eukaryotic biodiversity and communities worldwide, the latest release of UNITE offers improved avenues for biodiversity discovery, precise taxonomic communication and integration of biological knowledge across platforms. Graphical Abstract

Author

Kessy Abarenkov

University of Tartu

R. Henrik Nilsson

University of Gothenburg

Karl-Henrik Larsson

University of Gothenburg

Andy F. S. Taylor

TheJames Hutton Inst

University of Aberdeen

Tom W. May

Royal Bot Gardens Victoria

Tobias Guldberg Froslev

Global Biodivers Informat Facil GBIF

Julia Pawlowska

University of Warsaw

Bjoern Lindahl

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Kadri Poldmaa

University of Tartu

Camille Truong

Royal Bot Gardens Victoria

Duong Vu

Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

Tsuyoshi Hosoya

Natl Museum Nat & Sci

Tuula Niskanen

University of Helsinki

Timo Piirmann

University of Tartu

Filipp Ivanov

University of Tartu

Allan Zirk

University of Tartu

Tanya E. Cheeke

Washington State Univ, Sch Biol Sci, 2710 Crimson Way

Yui Ishigami

University of Tartu

Arnold Tobias Jansson

University of Gothenburg

Erik Kristiansson

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

University of Gothenburg

Vladimir Mikryukov

University of Tartu

Ryoko Oono

Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol

Francisco J. Ossandon

Biome Makers Inc

Joana Pauperio

European Bioinformatics Institute

Irja Saar

University of Tartu

Dmitry Schigel

Global Biodivers Informat Facil GBIF

Ave Suija

University of Tartu

Leho Tedersoo

University of Tartu

Urmas Koljalg

University of Tartu

Nucleic Acids Research

0305-1048 (ISSN) 1362-4962 (eISSN)

Vol. 52 D1 D791-D797

Subject Categories

Botany

Biological Systematics

Ecology

Microbiology

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

DOI

10.1093/nar/gkad1039

PubMed

37953409

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1/25/2024