ZetaHunter curated database info

Database info

The backbone of the ZetaHunter program is the curated database, which assigns sequences to a given taxonomic structure. That structure is based on the initial 28 ZOTUs, numbered by abundance by McAllister et al., 2011, as well as novel full-length sequences from environmental clones and isolates. Each update of the database assigns numbers to new ZOTUs based on their relative abundance within that update, to preserve ZOTU numbering across uses of ZetaHunter. In 2018, we have more than doubled the initial estimates of biodiversity, with 59 ZOTUs determined using all near-full-length, non-chimeric, Zetaproteobacteria 16S rRNA gene sequences derived from arb SILVA (current database from release 128) and Zetaproteobacteria genomes from JGI's Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG). Click on this link for a table with the sequences found in the current ZetaHunter database (currently version 3). Notes or warnings for sequences within the ZetaHunter database will be maintained in ZetaHunter/assets/zh_db_vX.X.X_warning.txt.

References

• McAllister, SM, RE Davis, JM McBeth, BM Tebo, D Emerson, and CL Moyer. 2011. Biodiversity and emerging biogeography of the neutrophilic iron-oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 77:5445–5457. doi:10.1128/AEM.00533-11