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. 2007 Oct 18;35(21):7188–7196. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm864

Table 2.

Description of database fields in ARB files exported from SILVA for Fields and entries imported from EMBL

ARB field name EMBL field Description
acc AC Accession number
ali_xx/data sequence Sequence information
author RA Reference author(s)
clone FT/clone Clone from which the sequence was obtained
collected by FT/collected_by Name of the person who collected the specimen
collection_date FT/collection_date Date that the specimen was collected
country FT/country Geographical origin of sequenced sample
date DT Entry creation and update date separated by;
description DE Description
full_name OS Organism species
gene FT/gene Symbol of the gene corresponding to a sequence region
insdc PR The International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) Project Identifier that has been assigned to the entry
isolate FT/isolate Individual isolate from which the sequence was obtained
isolation_source FT/isolation_source Describes the physical, environmental and/or local geographical source of the biological sample from which the sequence was derived
journal RL Reference location
lat_lon FT/lat_lon Geographical coordinates of the location where the specimen was collected
nuc_region FT source Identifies the biological source of the specified span of the sequence
nuc_rp RP Reference positions
product FT/product Name of the product associated with the feature
publication_doi RX Cross-reference DOI number
pubmed_id RX Cross-reference Pubmed ID
specific_host FT/specific_host Natural host from which the sequence was obtained
specimen_voucher FT/specimen_Voucher An identifier of the individual or collection of the source organism and the place where it is currently stored, usually an institution
start FT rRNA Start of the ribosomal RNA gene
stop FT rRNA Stop of the ribosomal RNA gene
strain FT/strain Strain from which the sequence was obtained
submit_author RL Submission authors from reference location
submit_date RL Submission date from reference location
tax_embl OC Organism classification according to EMBL
tax_embl_name OC Organism name taken from the classification field
tax_xref_embl FT/db_xref Database cross-reference: pointer to related information in another database
title RT Reference title
version ID SV Subversion from identification line