After overcoming a number of unforeseen challenges during the preparation process, we are pleased to announce the release of the SILVA SSU 144 dataset. Working with a new team of curators, we have completely redesigned the curation workflow, in order to establish a more robust and sustainable process for future releases.

In order to guarantee a release this year, we have not yet applied this new curation workflow to the eukaryotic dataset. For the first version of this release, we have focused…