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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

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

Kessy Abarenkov, R Henrik Nilsson, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Andy F S Taylor, Tom W May, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Julia Pawlowska, Björn Lindahl, Kadri Põldmaa, Camille Truong and 22 more

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32 authors.

Kessy AbarenkovNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0001-5526-4845
R Henrik NilssonDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 453, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
Karl-Henrik LarssonGothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg, Box 453, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
Andy F S TaylorThe James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK.
Tom W MayRoyal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Tobias Guldberg FrøslevGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Julia PawlowskaInstitute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, ul. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.
Björn LindahlSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment, Box 7014, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3384-4547
Kadri PõldmaaNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.
Camille TruongRoyal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Duong VuWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, The Netherlands.
Tsuyoshi HosoyaNational Museum of Nature and Science, Japan.
Tuula NiskanenBotany Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O.Box 7, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Timo PiirmannNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.
Filipp IvanovNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.
Allan ZirkNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.
Marko PetersonInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, J. Liivi 2, 50409 Tartu, Estonia.
Tanya E CheekeSchool of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland, WA 9935, USA.
Yui IshigamiInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, J. Liivi 2, 50409 Tartu, Estonia.
Arnold Tobias JanssonDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 453, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
Thomas Stjernegaard JeppesenGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Erik KristianssonDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Vladimir MikryukovInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, J. Liivi 2, 50409 Tartu, Estonia.
Joseph T MillerGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Ryoko OonoDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA.
Francisco J OssandonBiome Makers Inc., Davis, CA, USA.
Joana PaupérioEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2569-0768
Irja SaarNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.
Dmitry SchigelGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
Ave SuijaNatural History Museum, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, 51003 Tartu, Estonia.
Leho TedersooInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, J. Liivi 2, 50409 Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-1635-1249
Urmas KõljalgInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, J. Liivi 2, 50409 Tartu, Estonia.

Funding

Estonian Research Council PRG1170Estonian Research InfrastructureHorizon 2020 101059492UNITE Community
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 ∼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.

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Databases, Nucleic AcidFungiBiodiversityDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerPhylogenyDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal Spacer

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PMID37953409
PMCPMC10767974

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