Advancing species identification and discovery by providing an integrated environment for the assembly and application of DNA barcodes.

Formally described species

Animals 132,285
Plants 42,761
Fungi & Other Life 2,502

Sequence statistics

Barcode clusters for animals 280,922
Sequences 2,440,923
Barcode Sequences 2,130,282
Barcodes: 2,130,282
Per Site:
1000 100 10 1

The Barcode of Life Database is designed to support the generation and application of DNA Barcode data. The platform consists of three main modules, a data portal, a database of barcode clusters, and data collection workbench.


Public Data Portal

A data retrieval interface that allows for searching over 1.5M public records in BOLD using multiple search criteria including, but not limited to, geography, taxonomy, and depository.


BIN Database

A searchable database of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), sequence clusters that closely approximate species.


Workbench

An integrated data collection and analysis environment that securely supports the assembly and validation of DNA barcodes and ancillary sequences.



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