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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
MycoBank gearing up for new horizons
IMA Fungus, Volume 4, No. 2, Year 2013
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Description
MycoBank, a registration system for fungi established in 2004 to capture all taxonomic novelties, acts as a coordination hub between repositories such as Index Fungorum and Fungal Names. Since January 2013, registration of fungal names is a mandatory requirement for valid publication under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (ICN). This review explains the database innovations that have been implemented over the past few years, and discusses new features such as advanced queries, registration of typification events (MBT numbers for lecto, epi- and neotypes), the multi-lingual database interface, the nomenclature discussion forum, annotation system, and web services with links to third parties. MycoBank has also introduced novel identifcation services, linking DNAsequence data to numerous related databases to enable intelligent search queries. Although MycoBank flls an important void for taxon registration, challenges for the future remain to improve links between taxonomic names and DNA data, and to also introduce a formal system for naming fungi known from DNA sequence data only. To further improve the quality of MycoBank data, remote access will now allow registered mycologists to act as MycoBank curators, using Citrix software. © 2013, International Mycological Association.
Authors & Co-Authors
Robert, Vincent A.R.G.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Vu, Duong
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
van de Wiele, Nathalie
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Brouwer, Carlo P.J.M.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Vaas, Lea A.I.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
de Cock, Arthur W.A.M.G.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Stalpers, Joost A.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Verkley, Gerard J.M.
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Groenewald, Marizeth
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Ma, Juncai
China, Beijing
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhou, Miaomiao
Netherlands, Utrecht
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - Knaw
Hansen, Karen
Sweden, Stockholm
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Schoch, Conrad L.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Robbertse, Barbara
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Irinyi, Laszlo
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Meyer, Wieland
Australia, Sydney
The University of Sydney
Cardinali, Gianluigi
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Hawksworth, David Leslie
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Taylor, John W.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Crous, Pedro Willem
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 165
Authors: 20
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.16
ISSN:
22106340
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Health System And Policy