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font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4m0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-eRZBf-LHrw.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+0300-0301, U+0303-0304, U+0308-0309, U+0323, U+0329, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB; } /* latin-ext */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4m0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-eRZAf-LHrw.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF; } /* latin */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4m0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-eRZOf-I.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: 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url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4l0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-eR71Wvf3jvzRPA.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+0300-0301, U+0303-0304, U+0308-0309, U+0323, U+0329, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB; } /* latin-ext */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4l0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-eR71Wvf2jvzRPA.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF; } /* latin */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4l0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-eR71Wvf4jvw.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, 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'Merriweather'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-440qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-ciZMZ-Y.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF; } /* latin */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-440qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l5-fCZM.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+2000-206F, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD; } /* cyrillic-ext */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-display: swap; src: 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font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4n0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l52xwNZVsf6lvg.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0100-02BA, U+02BD-02C5, U+02C7-02CC, U+02CE-02D7, U+02DD-02FF, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+1D00-1DBF, U+1E00-1E9F, U+1EF2-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20C0, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF; } /* latin */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4n0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l52xwNZWMf6.woff2) format('woff2'); unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+0304, U+0308, U+0329, U+2000-206F, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD; } /* cyrillic-ext */ @font-face { font-family: 'Merriweather'; font-style: normal; font-weight: 900; font-display: swap; src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/merriweather/v30/u-4n0qyriQwlOrhSvowK_l52_wFZVcf6lvg.woff2) format('woff2'); 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widget_block"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1969/">NCBI News Archive 1994-2017</a></aside> </div> </div> <div id="primary" class="content-area"> <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main"> <article id="post-14384" class="post-14384 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-comparative-genome-viewer-cgv tag-comparative-genomics-resource-cgr tag-multiple-comparative-genome-viewer-mcgv"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/16/new-mcgv-beta-release/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MCGV_BLOG-1-e1736957172355.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="New! Introducing the Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV) Beta Release" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" data-attachment-id="14393" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/16/new-mcgv-beta-release/mcgv_blog-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MCGV_BLOG-1-e1736957172355.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="MCGV_BLOG (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MCGV_BLOG-1-e1736957172355.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MCGV_BLOG-1-e1736957172355.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/16/new-mcgv-beta-release/" rel="bookmark">New! Introducing the Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV) Beta Release</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">NLM’s NCBI is excited to introduce the </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mcgv/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=mcgv-introduction-20250116"><span data-contrast="none">Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV)</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, a new tool in active development that allows you to visualize an alignment of multiple eukaryotic genomes. While our existing </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/cgv/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=mcgv-introduction-20250116"><span data-contrast="none">Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV)</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> allows you to compare pairs of eukaryotic assemblies, the new MCGV tool can help you analyze multiple assemblies in a single view. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":150,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">MCGV displays are based on multiple whole genome sequence alignments. You can navigate these alignments in the viewer to track evolutionarily related regions across strains or species. Focus in on a particular genome region to investigate how differences in genome structure may have contributed to differences in gene sequence and function. You can access MCGV by clicking on the “Visualize gene across species” link via the gene search results page. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":150,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/16/new-mcgv-beta-release/#more-14384" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“New! Introducing the Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV) Beta Release”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/16/new-mcgv-beta-release/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-16T10:12:44-05:00">January 16, 2025</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/comparative-genome-viewer-cgv/" rel="tag">Comparative Genome Viewer (CGV)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/comparative-genomics-resource-cgr/" rel="tag">Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/multiple-comparative-genome-viewer-mcgv/" rel="tag">Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer (MCGV)</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14373" class="post-14373 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-blast tag-refseq"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/14/updated-bacterial-and-archaeal-reference-genome-collection-2/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Prok-5-e1726757192182.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="An updated bacterial and archaeal reference genome collection is available!" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="13954" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/09/19/updated-bacterial-archaeal-reference-genome-collection-available/prok-5/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Prok-5-e1726757192182.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Prok (5)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Prok-5-e1726757192182.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Prok-5-e1726757192182.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/14/updated-bacterial-and-archaeal-reference-genome-collection-2/" rel="bookmark">An updated bacterial and archaeal reference genome collection is available!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Download the updated <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/?taxon=2,2157&reference_only=true">bacterial and archaeal reference genome collection</a>! We built this collection of 21,258 genomes by selecting the “best” genome assembly for each species among the 400,000+ prokaryotic genomes in <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=prok-ref-genomes-20250113">RefSeq</a>.</p> <h4>What’s new?</h4> <p>As <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/09/19/updated-bacterial-archaeal-reference-genome-collection-available/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=prok-ref-genomes-20250113">previously announced</a>, we updated our release process:</p> <ol> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">There is now an incremental process. In addition to quarterly releases, there will be weekly updates to create references for new species which do not have a reference genome and to correct any inconsistencies in the set of references due to taxonomic merges. As a result, there may be more frequent updates to the reference set.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">There is now a <a href="https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/ASSEMBLY_REPORTS/reference_assemblies_log.txt">history tracking file</a> available under the ASSEMBLY_REPORTS path on <a href="https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/ASSEMBLY_REPORTS/README_reference_assemblies_log.txt">FTP</a> that lists the history of reference genome selection, including both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. </span></li> </ol> <p> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/14/updated-bacterial-and-archaeal-reference-genome-collection-2/#more-14373" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“An updated bacterial and archaeal reference genome collection is available!”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/14/updated-bacterial-and-archaeal-reference-genome-collection-2/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-14T11:40:55-05:00">January 14, 2025</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/blast/" rel="tag">Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/refseq/" rel="tag">RefSeq</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14318" class="post-14318 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-clinvar tag-clusters-of-orthologous-genes-cog tag-comparative-genomics-resource-cgr tag-genbank tag-ncbi-datasets tag-taxonomy tag-pubchem tag-refseq tag-dbsnp"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/13/ncbi-resources-2025-nucleic-acids-research-database-issue/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nucleic_Acids_Research_2025-1-e1736778975506.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NCBI Resources Highlighted in 2025 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="14366" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/13/ncbi-resources-2025-nucleic-acids-research-database-issue/nucleic_acids_research_2025-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nucleic_Acids_Research_2025-1-e1736778975506.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Nucleic_Acids_Research_2025 (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nucleic_Acids_Research_2025-1-e1736778975506.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nucleic_Acids_Research_2025-1-e1736778975506.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/13/ncbi-resources-2025-nucleic-acids-research-database-issue/" rel="bookmark">NCBI Resources Highlighted in 2025 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><span data-contrast="none">The </span><a href="https://academic.oup.com/nar/issue/53/D1"><span data-contrast="none">2025</span> <i><span data-contrast="none">Nucleic Acids Research</span></i><span data-contrast="none"> Database Issue</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> features papers from NCBI staff on ClinVar, PubChem, GenBank, RefSeq, and more. The citations are available in PubMed with full-text available in PubMed Central (PMC). To read an article, click on the PMCID number listed below.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span><span id="more-10966"></span></p> <div id="ch_outer" class="ch_outerExpanded"> <div id="ch_inner"> <h6>Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information in 2025</h6> <p><strong>PMCID: <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11701734/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=nar-2025-issue-20250113">PMC11701734</a></strong></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8">NCBI provides online information resources for biology, including the GenBank</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW266111855 BCX8" data-fontsize="12">®</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8"> nucleic acid sequence repository and the PubMed</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW266111855 BCX8" data-fontsize="12">®</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8"> repository of citations and abstracts published in life science journals.</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8">NCBI is </span></span><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW266111855 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8">currently developing the <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/comparative-genomics-resource/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=nar-2025-issue-20250113">NIH Comparative Genomics Resource</a> (CGR) to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8">facilitate</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW266111855 BCX8"> reliable comparative genomics analyses with an NCBI Toolkit and community collaboration.</span></span></p> <p> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/13/ncbi-resources-2025-nucleic-acids-research-database-issue/#more-14318" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“NCBI Resources Highlighted in 2025 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></div> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/13/ncbi-resources-2025-nucleic-acids-research-database-issue/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-13T10:09:27-05:00">January 13, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-13T11:05:49-05:00">January 13, 2025</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/clinvar/" rel="tag">ClinVar</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/clusters-of-orthologous-genes-cog/" rel="tag">Clusters of Orthologous Genes (COG)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/comparative-genomics-resource-cgr/" rel="tag">Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/genbank/" rel="tag">GenBank</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/ncbi-datasets/" rel="tag">NCBI Datasets</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/taxonomy/" rel="tag">NCBI Taxonomy</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/pubchem/" rel="tag">PubChem</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/refseq/" rel="tag">RefSeq</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/dbsnp/" rel="tag">Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database (dbSNP)</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14345" class="post-14345 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-comparative-genomics-resource-cgr tag-eukaryotic-genome-annotation tag-ncbi-datasets tag-refseq"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/10/refseq-release-228/"><img width="1108" height="737" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-1360438569-e1736522576930.jpg?resize=1100%2C733&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="RefSeq Release 228 is Available!" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14360" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/10/refseq-release-228/large-rabbit-close-up-sits-on-the-right-of-the-frame-left-place-to-insert-text/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-1360438569-e1736522576930.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,733" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Getty Images\/iStockphoto","camera":"NIKON D5300","caption":"Large rabbit close-up sits on the right of the frame. On the left is a place to insert text. Blurred background","created_timestamp":"1632752694","copyright":"","focal_length":"140","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.005","title":"Large rabbit close-up sits on the right of the frame. Left place to insert text","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Large rabbit close-up sits on the right of the frame. Left place to insert text" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Large rabbit close-up sits on the right of the frame. On the left is a place to insert text. Blurred background</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-1360438569-e1736522576930.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/iStock-1360438569-e1736522576930.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/10/refseq-release-228/" rel="bookmark">RefSeq Release 228 is Available!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Check out RefSeq release 228, now available <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=refseq-release-228-20250110">online</a> and from the <a href="https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/release/">FTP</a> site. You can access RefSeq data through <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=refseq-release-227-20241113">NCBI Datasets</a>. The release is provided in several directories as a complete dataset and also as divided by logical groupings.</p> <h5>What’s included in this release?</h5> <p>As of January 3, 2025, this full release incorporates genomic, transcript, and protein data containing:</p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">513,096,240 records, including</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">391,903,900 proteins</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">67,997,702 RNAs</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">Sequences from 162,138 organisms </span></li> </ul> <p> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/10/refseq-release-228/#more-14345" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“RefSeq Release 228 is Available!”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/10/refseq-release-228/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-10T10:45:37-05:00">January 10, 2025</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/comparative-genomics-resource-cgr/" rel="tag">Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/eukaryotic-genome-annotation/" rel="tag">Eukaryotic genome annotation</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/ncbi-datasets/" rel="tag">NCBI Datasets</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/refseq/" rel="tag">RefSeq</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14337" class="post-14337 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-genbank tag-influenza tag-ncbi-datasets tag-nucleotide tag-ncbi-virus"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/08/avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-sequences-from-ncbi/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/human-avian-flu_social-3-e1736289919445.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Access Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Sequences from the Current Outbreak at NCBI" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14340" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/08/avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-sequences-from-ncbi/human-avian-flu_social-3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/human-avian-flu_social-3-e1736289919445.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="human avian flu_social (3)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/human-avian-flu_social-3-e1736289919445.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/human-avian-flu_social-3-e1736289919445.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/08/avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-sequences-from-ncbi/" rel="bookmark">Access Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Sequences from the Current Outbreak at NCBI</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><span data-contrast="none">The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been monitoring the </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fbird-flu%2Fphp%2Favian-flu-summary%2Findex.html"><span data-contrast="none">ongoing outbreak of the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus</span></a><span data-contrast="none">. This is widespread globally in wild birds, and has led to sporadic outbreaks in poultry, cows, several species of wild animals, and has been detected in exposed humans. The </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spotlights/h5n1-response-12232024.html"><span data-contrast="none">CDC recently sequenced</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> the H5N1 virus in two respiratory specimens collected from a </span><span data-contrast="none">U.S. </span><span data-contrast="none">patient </span><span data-contrast="none">who was severely ill and has now died (</span><span data-contrast="none">PQ809549-PQ809564)</span><span data-contrast="none">. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">As </span><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/05/23/avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-sequences/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=influenza-outbreak-20250108"><span data-contrast="none">previously announced</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, the GenBank sequences, annotations, and metadata including from this patient are available through NLM’s NCBI resources.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559740":240}"> </span> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/08/avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-sequences-from-ncbi/#more-14337" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Access Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Sequences from the Current Outbreak at NCBI”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/08/avian-influenza-a-h5n1-virus-sequences-from-ncbi/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-08T11:20:46-05:00">January 8, 2025</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/genbank/" rel="tag">GenBank</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/influenza/" rel="tag">Influenza</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/ncbi-datasets/" rel="tag">NCBI Datasets</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/nucleotide/" rel="tag">NCBI Nucleotide</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/ncbi-virus/" rel="tag">NCBI Virus</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14303" class="post-14303 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-blast tag-clinicaltrials-gov tag-dbgap tag-gene tag-ncbi-datasets tag-taxonomy tag-blastn tag-pubmed-central-pmc"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/06/top-of-2024-ncbi-insights-blog/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Top_of_2024-e1735313327592.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Top of 2024: A Look at the NCBI Insights Blog " decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14306" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/06/top-of-2024-ncbi-insights-blog/top_of_2024/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Top_of_2024-e1735313327592.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Top_of_2024" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Top_of_2024-e1735313327592.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Top_of_2024-e1735313327592.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/06/top-of-2024-ncbi-insights-blog/" rel="bookmark">Top of 2024: A Look at the NCBI Insights Blog </a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><span data-contrast="none">As we begin a new year, let’s look back at the top </span><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=insights-best-20250106"><span data-contrast="none">NCBI Insights Blog</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> posts of 2024 based on number of views. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In case you missed any of these, check them out:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/06/top-of-2024-ncbi-insights-blog/#more-14303" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Top of 2024: A Look at the NCBI Insights Blog “</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2025/01/06/top-of-2024-ncbi-insights-blog/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-01-06T10:21:49-05:00">January 6, 2025</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/blast/" rel="tag">Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)</a></li><li><a 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href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/23/genbank-release-264-0-now-available/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GenBank_Release-17-e1734971029794.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="GenBank Release 264.0 Now Available!" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14280" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/23/genbank-release-264-0-now-available/genbank_release-17/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GenBank_Release-17-e1734971029794.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="GenBank_Release (17)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GenBank_Release-17-e1734971029794.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GenBank_Release-17-e1734971029794.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/23/genbank-release-264-0-now-available/" rel="bookmark">GenBank Release 264.0 Now Available!</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=genbank-release-264-20241223">GenBank</a> release 264.0 (12/19/2024) is now available on the <a href="https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/">NCBI FTP site</a>. This release has 38.97 trillion bases and 5.36 billion records.</p> <p><strong>The current release has: </strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">254,365,075 traditional records containing 5,085,904,976,338 base pairs of sequence data</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">3,957,195,833 WGS records containing 32,983,029,087,303 base pairs of sequence data</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">957,403,887 bulk-oriented TSA records containing 820,128,973,511 base pairs of sequence data</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">187,349,466 bulk-oriented TLS records containing 77,038,271,475 base pairs of sequence data </span></li> </ul> <p> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/23/genbank-release-264-0-now-available/#more-14271" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“GenBank Release 264.0 Now Available!”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/23/genbank-release-264-0-now-available/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-12-23T12:00:48-05:00">December 23, 2024</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/genbank/" rel="tag">GenBank</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14263" class="post-14263 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-hidden-markov-models-hmm tag-hmmer tag-protein-family-model tag-refseq"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/18/ncbi-hidden-markov-models-release-17-0/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HMM_Release-9-e1734462625364.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Now Available! NCBI Hidden Markov Models (HMM) Release 17.0" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14267" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/18/ncbi-hidden-markov-models-release-17-0/hmm_release-9/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HMM_Release-9-e1734462625364.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="HMM_Release (9)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HMM_Release-9-e1734462625364.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HMM_Release-9-e1734462625364.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/18/ncbi-hidden-markov-models-release-17-0/" rel="bookmark">Now Available! NCBI Hidden Markov Models (HMM) Release 17.0</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/hmm/17.0/">Download release 17.0</a> of the NCBI protein profile Hidden Markov models (HMMs) used by the <a class="external-link" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/annotation_prok/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hmm-release-17-20241218" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (PGAP)</a>. Search this collection against your favorite prokaryotic proteins to identify their function using the <a class="external-link" href="http://eddylab.org/software/hmmer/Userguide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HMMER sequence analysis package</a>.</p> <h5>What’s New?</h5> <p>Release 17.0 contains:</p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">17,433 HMMs maintained by NCBI</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 17px;">386 new HMMs since release 16.0</span></li> </ul> <p> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/18/ncbi-hidden-markov-models-release-17-0/#more-14263" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“Now Available! NCBI Hidden Markov Models (HMM) Release 17.0”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/18/ncbi-hidden-markov-models-release-17-0/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-12-18T10:53:08-05:00">December 18, 2024</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/hidden-markov-models-hmm/" rel="tag">Hidden Markov Models (HMM)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/hmmer/" rel="tag">HMMER</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/protein-family-model/" rel="tag">Protein Family Model</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/refseq/" rel="tag">RefSeq</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14249" class="post-14249 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-blast tag-genbank tag-influenza tag-ncbi-datasets tag-taxonomy tag-ncbi-virus tag-sra"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/11/ncbi-taxonomy-changes-to-viruses/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Viruses_NCBI-Taxonomy-1-e1733927970690.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NCBI Taxonomy: Upcoming Changes to Viruses" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14254" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/11/ncbi-taxonomy-changes-to-viruses/viruses_ncbi-taxonomy-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Viruses_NCBI-Taxonomy-1-e1733927970690.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Viruses_NCBI Taxonomy (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Viruses_NCBI-Taxonomy-1-e1733927970690.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Viruses_NCBI-Taxonomy-1-e1733927970690.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/11/ncbi-taxonomy-changes-to-viruses/" rel="bookmark">NCBI Taxonomy: Upcoming Changes to Viruses</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><span data-contrast="none">To reflect changes to the </span><a href="https://ictv.global/about/code"><span data-contrast="none">International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> (ICVCN) made by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), NCBI will a</span><span data-contrast="none">dd binomial species names to about 3000 viruses. These updates to </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=taxonomy-viruses-20241211"><span data-contrast="none">NCBI Taxonomy</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> are planned for spring 2025, but you can view the changes now in the </span><a href="https://ictv.global/vmr"><span data-contrast="none">ICTV’s Virus Metadata Resource</span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">We recognize that the former species names like Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) are broadly used in public health, educational institutions, and research. To minimize the impact of this change on those who use NCBI resources, we will add the new binomial species names (e.g. </span><i><span data-contrast="none">Lentivirus humimdef1</span></i><span data-contrast="none">) while keeping</span><span data-contrast="none"> the former names available in the lineage for each species. The former names will move below the new binomial species name in the taxonomy hierarchy, ensuring continuity. Examples are provided below. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span> <a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/11/ncbi-taxonomy-changes-to-viruses/#more-14249" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">“NCBI Taxonomy: Upcoming Changes to Viruses”</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <ul class="post-meta"><li class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/author/ncbiinsights/">NCBI Staff</a></li><li class="posted-on"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/11/ncbi-taxonomy-changes-to-viruses/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-12-11T14:31:51-05:00">December 11, 2024</time></a></li></ul> <div class="meta-wrapper"> <ul class="post-tags"><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/blast/" rel="tag">Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/genbank/" rel="tag">GenBank</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/influenza/" rel="tag">Influenza</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/ncbi-datasets/" rel="tag">NCBI Datasets</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/taxonomy/" rel="tag">NCBI Taxonomy</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/ncbi-virus/" rel="tag">NCBI Virus</a></li><li><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tag/sra/" rel="tag">Sequence Read Archive (SRA)</a></li></ul> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-14227" class="post-14227 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-whats-new tag-genbank"> <div class="post-image-link"><a rel="bookmark" href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/04/agp-files-no-longer-accepted-genome-submissions/"><img width="1108" height="627" src="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AGP_Files_Blog-e1733176177608.png?resize=1100%2C575&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="AGP Files Will No Longer be Accepted for Genome Submissions" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14232" data-permalink="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/04/agp-files-no-longer-accepted-genome-submissions/agp_files_blog/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AGP_Files_Blog-e1733176177608.png?fit=1100%2C575&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1100,575" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="AGP_Files_Blog" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AGP_Files_Blog-e1733176177608.png?fit=300%2C157&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AGP_Files_Blog-e1733176177608.png?fit=1024%2C535&ssl=1" /></a></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/12/04/agp-files-no-longer-accepted-genome-submissions/" rel="bookmark">AGP Files Will No Longer be Accepted for Genome Submissions</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h3><em>Effective March 2025 </em></h3> <p><span data-contrast="none">Do you submit genomes to NCBI’s </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/?utm_source=ncbi_insights&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=genbank-agp-20241203"><span data-contrast="none">GenBank</span></a><span data-contrast="none">? Beginning March 2025, GenBank will no longer accept AGP files for genome submissions. Historically, AGP files were submitted along with contigs as necessary information for constructing assemblies. 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