Table 1.
Growth of GenBank Divisions (nucleotide base-pairs)
| Division | Description | Release 233 (8/2019) | Annual Increase (%)a |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYN | Synthetic | 7 701 613 755b | 545.96% |
| VRT | Other vertebrates | 46 205 911 214b | 342.51% |
| PLN | Plants | 59 248 524 178 | 157.29% |
| UNA | Unannotated | 548 041 | 84.71% |
| WGS | Whole genome shotgun data | 5 585 922 333 160 | 74.30% |
| TLS | Targeted locus studies | 10 531 800 829 | 73.28% |
| INV | Invertebrates | 12 578 394 104 | 46.31% |
| PHG | Phages | 637 015 044 | 37.58% |
| BCT | Bacteria | 72 495 994 966 | 35.40% |
| TSA | Transcriptome shotgun data | 294 727 165 179 | 30.69% |
| VRL | Viruses | 4 782 719 535 | 17.40% |
| PAT | Patent sequences | 24 715 727 030 | 12.24% |
| ENV | Environmental samples | 6 139 560 312 | 5.51% |
| PRI | Primates | 8 491 950 612 | 2.78% |
| HTC | High-throughput cDNA | 728 868 423 | 1.03% |
| MAM | Other mammals | 6 258 926 080 | 0.71% |
| EST | Expressed sequence tags | 43 280 039 563 | 0.68% |
| ROD | Rodents | 4 554 525 905 | 0.43% |
| HTG | High-throughput genomic | 27 774 725 922 | 0.01% |
| STS | Sequence tagged sites | 640 918 572 | 0.01% |
| GSS | Genome survey sequences | 26 339 260 641 | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | All GenBank sequences | 6 233 224 722 236 | 69.52% |
aMeasured relative to Release 227 (8/2018).
bSee the text for descriptions of these large increases.