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MycoBank
For the moment 2 search engines are available from the MycoBank website.
The first one permits to search for fungal names (at any rank level),
the authority or the MycoBank unique number. Bring
me there.
The second is dedicated to bibliographic
queries related to fungal name's publications. Bring
me there.
To view a movie on the how to perform
queries on the MycoBank website have a look here.
It's also possible to search the BioloMICS
based databases of the Yeasts,
Penicillium and Phaeoacremonium
genera using the direct link to the CBS-MycoBank website. Online polyphasic
identifications are also possible using the BioloMICS software at Yeasts,
Penicillium
or Phaeoacremonium.
Registration of user's data
MycoBank users willing to deposit their data will have to register.
We need to be able to contact the depositor for specific information
(e.g. MycoBank number, possible points of attention regarding the name,
actual publication, etc), and we also want to avoid fake entries.
To register for the first time follow the steps below (see movie on how to register,
here):
1. Enter your email address (see home page), click on the "create profile"
button to receive a provisional password by email (this is to make
sure that the provided email is real and that you are the person
that can open the given email).
3. Read your email and go to the Register
menu again. Enter your email and password (obtained by email). Click
on the "Login" button and access the registration profile
form where personal information will have to be entered. Change the
password and personalize it. One can also register to the Fungal names
warning system that will soon be launched. Click on the "Save
profile" button. You will then be registered and ready to add
new fungal names and related data to MycoBank.
Registration of new name and data to MycoBank
The registration of a new name to MycoBank is performed in several steps, depending
on the items to be submitted.
Prepare all your data before starting the registration process. This
includes type strain information (strain #, origin, substrate, sequences,
...), species related data like Latin description, anamorph-teleomorph
connections, synonymy, bibliographic information, PDF or MS-Word original
manuscript, ...
The steps are:
1. Introduction of the new name, the hierarchy and the authority
2. Selection of the basionym (optional)
3. Definition of the morphic status and anamorph-teleomorph connections (optional)
4. Status of the name and synonymy (optional)
5. Bibliographic information related to the original publication
of the new name
6. Description in Latin and other languages (preferably english)
7. Type strain/specimen information
8. Scientific data and other information links can be defined.
Original manuscript can be uploaded (optional)
9. Review of the newly deposited name by the MycoBank curators
and sending of the unique MycoBank number to the depositor. The
new name will be available from the MycoBank website as soon as
the original paper has been accepted for publication
Have a look at the movie
to see how it works.
Suggest modification(s) for existing MycoBank records
To suggest modification(s) of one
of the existing names available from the MycoBank database, use the
search engine and click on the "Modify MB#" button. In the
current version of the MycoBank software, only the administrators will
be allowed to modify the database directly from the website. Other users
will be asked
to send an email to our curators.
Link your website to MycoBank
Software developers can connect their webiste to MycoBank.
1. To obtain more data on a given MycoBank #:
Basic address: http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=
Alternative address (includes menus and query tool): http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=
Second alternative address (XML export): http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICServer.aspx?Link=T&Type=XML&RecIs=
Variable: MycoBank number
Example 1: http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Rec=427502
Example 2: http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=427502
Example 3: http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Type=XML&RecIs=427502
2. To obtain the status of a given MycoBank number:
Basic address: http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Screen=
Variable: MycoBank number
Example: http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Screen=427502
Possible answers:
? when the status of the wanted name is uncertain
T when name is valid
M followed by the MB # of the current name (current name + authors) when the wanted
name is a synonym of another taxon
3. To search for a taxon name on MycoBank:
Basic address: http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&NameIs=
Alternative basic address (XML export): http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Type=XML&NameIs=
Variable: taxon name
Example 1:
http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&NameIs=candida%20albicans
Typical answer:
Taxon name @@ level @@ MycoBank # @@ status of the name @@ author(s) | Taxon name
@@ level @@ MycoBank # @@ status of the name @@ author(s) | ...
Example:
Candida albicans@@species@@256187@@F@@(C.P. Robin) Berkhout|Candida albicans var.
albicans@@variety@@427502@@T@@|Candida albicans var. claussenii@@variety@@349124@@F@@(Lodder
& Kreger) Verona & A.M. Corte|Candida albicans var. denticulata@@variety@@493843@@F@@G.
Cochet|Candida albicans var. metalondinensis@@variety@@349125@@F@@(Castellani &
Chalmers) Ciferri|Candida albicans var. stellatoidea@@variety@@456202@@F@@(C.P.
Jones & M.D. Martin) Diddens & Lodder|Candida albicans var. tropicalis@@variety@@349126@@F@@(Castellani)
Ciferri|Procandida albicans@@species@@337605@@F@@(C.P. Robin) E.K. Novák & Zsolt|
Example 2: http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICSServer.aspx?Link=T&Type=XML&NameIs=candida%20albicans
Typical answer:
Taxon name, level, MycoBank #, status of the name, author(s)
Taxon name, level, MycoBank #, status of the name, author(s) ...
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"
?>
<fullname>Candida_x0020_albicans</fullname>
<MBNumber>256187</MBNumber>
<currentuse>F</currentuse>
<authors>_x0028_C.P._x0020_Robin_x0029__x0020_Berkhout</authors>
</query>
...