Table 2 Taxonomic headings in the GRUMP dataset, with their corresponding database levels.

From: Characterizing organisms from three domains of life with universal primers from throughout the global ocean

Taxonomic Heading in GRUMP

SILVA Level

PR2 Level

ProPortal Level

Domain

Level 1

Level 1

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Supergroup

NA (doesn’t exist in SILVA)

Level 2

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Division

NA (doesn’t exist in SILVA)

Level 3

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Phylum

Level 2

NA (doesn’t exist in PR2)

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Class

Level 3

Level 4

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Order

Level 4

Level 5

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Family

Level 5

Level 6

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Genus

Level 6

Level 7

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Species

Level 7

Level 8

NA (doesn’t exist in ProPortal)

Proportal_ASV_Ecotype

NA (doesn’t exist in SILVA)

NA (doesn’t exist in PR2)

ProPortal assignment

  1. This was necessary as not all levels of taxonomy are aligned across databases.