CoReMicrob: Computational Resources for Micorbiome

Reference Databases for Taxonomy Assignment in Microbiome data

Database Name Description PubMed ID
NCBI RefSeq Comprehensive, curated collection of reference sequences, including genomes for taxonomy. 39526381
MARMICRODB Database for taxonomic classification of (marine) metagenomes. zenodo
MGnify Database Database for microbiome-derived sequences with taxonomic annotations and analysis tools. 36477304
IMG Integrated genome and metagenome database. 22194640
IMG/PR A database of plasmids from genomes and metagenomes with rich annotations and metadata. 37930866
IMG/VR An expanded database of uncultivated virus genomes. 36399502
Kraken2 Database Database tailored for use with Kraken2, optimized for fast and accurate metagenomic assignments. 31779668
NMPFamsDB A database of novel protein families from microbial metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. 37811892
SILVA Ribosomal RNA database for taxonomy and phylogenetics, widely used for microbial studies. 23193283
RDP (Ribosomal Database Project) High-quality ribosomal RNA sequences for taxonomy and functional annotations. 24288368
Greengenes 16S rRNA database for microbial taxonomy and phylogeny (limited updates). 16820507
GTDB A standardized bacterial and archaeal taxonomy based on phylogenomics. 34520557