PHYMYCO-DB: a curated database for analyses of fungal diversity and evolution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In environmental sequencing studies, fungi can be identified based on nucleic acid sequences, using either highly variable sequences as species barcodes or conserved sequences containing a high-quality phylogenetic signal. For the latter, identification relies on phylogenetic analyses and the adoption of the phylogenetic species concept. Such analysis requires that the reference sequences are well identified and deposited in public-access databases. However, many entries in the public sequence databases are problematic in terms of quality and reliability and these data require screening to ensure correct phylogenetic interpretation.

Methods and principal findings

To facilitate phylogenetic inferences and phylogenetic assignment, we introduce a fungal sequence data

SUBMITTER: Mahe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3441585 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature