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-D797Subject Categories
Botany
Biological Systematics
Ecology
Microbiology
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
DOI
10.1093/nar/gkad1039
PubMed
37953409