Finally, we also have updated the non-redundant (NR) version of the SILVA SSU Ref dataset, now based on the SILVA 106 release. The nearly 1 million entries of the SSU Ref plus HSM/MWM datasets have been reduced to only 325k sequences using a 99% identity criterion.

TestProbe, a tool for Probe Match and Evaluation against the SILVA datasets, is now available in beta stage on the SILVA beta webpage. Please give it a try and send us feedback.

The data deluge has delayed this release. Now offering over 2.2 MILLION aligned SSU & LSU sequences!

The Genomic Standards consortium has published a paper in the ISME Journal to emphasise that the adoption of easy-to-follow standards will vastly improve our ability to interpret data from genomes, metagenomes and marker studies.