Table 1.
Description of database fields in ARB files exported from SILVA for ARB specific fields and entries
| ARB field name | Owned by | Description |
|---|---|---|
| aligned | User | User-defined entry, e.g. name and date of the person who aligned the sequence |
| ambig | ARB | Ambiguities calculated in ARB using ‘count ambiguities’ |
| ARB_color | ARB | Stores the information about sequence colors |
| name | ARB | Internal ARB database ID, do not change! |
| nuc | ARB | Number of nucleotides; calculated by ARB using ‘count nucleotides’ |
| nuc_term | ARB | Number of nucleotides coding for the respective rRNA gene; calculated by ‘count nucleotides gene’ |
| remark | User | Field for remarks |
| tmp | ARB | Used by several ARB modules |