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Explore and Identification InterfacesSome features of BOLD-UNI are available without an account, including exploring the public barcode data. Exploring Taxonomy and BarcodesThis console allows the user to look up a scientific name of interest, using a variety of taxonomic databases, to determine the barcoding status of a particular taxa using the BOLD Taxonomy Browser or access and download data available in the Public Data Portal of BOLD, where specific details on individual specimens and their DNA Barcodes are available. Explore Console PageStudents can search for scientific names of a species of interest using several taxonomy databases including NCBI’s (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Taxonomy Browser, ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System), and EOL (Encyclopedia of Life). Simply type in a common name, click Search, and the results will open in a new page. The BOLD Taxonomy Browser provides taxon-specific information. This information may include the number of specimens collected, the number of specimens with barcode sequences, where the specimens are stored (for example, Coastal Marine Biolabs), the geographic distribution of taxon occurrence and specimen images. Here, users can explore the taxonomic hierarchy for an organism and learn about the progress of DNA barcoding for a given group. Taxonomy Page
The BOLD Public Data Portal allows users to search among over 1 million records already generated by scientists and researchers all over the world. The Public Data Portal provides access to the actual records including all of the specimen, sequence, and trace data. Public Data Portal Search Results
Sequence IdentificationThe BOLD Identification Engine can be accessed from the header menu. This ID engine will accept a DNA barcode sequence to compare for matches in the library. The Animal ID Engine has several sub-sets of the Barcode Library that can be utilized for matching COI barcodes, including the full library (All Barcode Records on BOLD), and the library of only sequences that have a species name (Species Level Barcode Records). There are also separate tabs for comparing plant and fungi sequences against the respective libraries. The results page will return a species identification when one is possible. When a species level match cannot be made, BOLD will suggest the most likely matches. Multiple sequences can be run at the same time, and the results page will provide match results for each. On the results page, the user may view further details for the species that are the most likely matches for their queried sequence. For example, the matches can be visualized in hierarchical placement using a tree based identification system. On the resulting taxon ID tree, the query sequence will be marked in red with BOLD sequences appearing in black. Specimen Identification Results Page |