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 All Microbes + Protists of the World Oceans

[   World   ]
[   Arctic   ]
[   North Atlantic   ]
[   South Atlantic   ]
[   Southern Ocean   ]
[   Indian Ocean   ]
[   South Pacific   ]
[   North Pacific   ]
[   Baltic Sea   ]
[   Mediterranean Sea   ]
[   Australia subregion   ]
Data Access
Links Table
The data files linked below are all-taxa Reference Compilations.

If you only want data from a single taxa group (e.g., only copepods or diatoms or dolphins),
follow the taxa group links found in the main MZGdb map interface pages.

The "All Invertebrates" files contain data from all of the zooplankton (crustacean+non-crustacean) and benthic taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Vertebrates" files contain data from all of the fish and megafauna taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Microbes + Protists" files contain data from all of the phytoplankton (microbes and protists) taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Marine Fauna + Flora Combo" files contain all data from the All Invertebrates, All Vertebrates, All Microbes + Protists combined files.

The "World (All-World-Oceans)" geographic region includes data from all of the other ocean and seas sub-regions.

The "Mode-A" files contain species-only barcodes for species found in the current ocean, but those sequences may come from any other ocean.
The "Mode-B" files contain species-only barcodes sampled only in the current ocean for species found in the current ocean.
The "Mode-C" files contain genus and/or species sequences for species found in the current ocean, but those sequences may come from any other ocean.
The "Mode-D" files contain genus and/or species sequences sampled only in the current ocean for species found in the current ocean.

The entire MZGdb database is therefore available via the "All Plankton Combo (All-World-Oceans) Mode-A" data files.

MZGdb DATA FILES

Database-Version:   v2025-m10-01		 Mode-A

COI barcodes = 29142
12s barcodes = 1
16s barcodes = 4235
18s barcodes = 14670
28s barcodes = 6102
Mode-B

COI barcodes = 350
12s barcodes = 0
16s barcodes = 59
18s barcodes = 107
28s barcodes = 39
Mode-C

COI barcodes = 53982
12s barcodes = 174
16s barcodes = 41833
18s barcodes = 41930
28s barcodes = 13726
Mode-D

COI barcodes = 1646
12s barcodes = 7
16s barcodes = 2563
18s barcodes = 958
28s barcodes = 690
FASTA file (*.fasta) MZGdb fasta (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb fasta (mode-B)
not applicable 		MZGdb fasta (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb fasta (mode-D)
not applicable
Mothur-formatted
Taxonomic Hierarchy file (*.txt)

Paired with fasta file above		 MZGdb Mothur (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb Mothur (mode-B)
not applicable 		MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)
not applicable
DADA2 file (*.fastq)

Single "fasta+taxa" DATA2 fastq file		 MZGdb DADA2 (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-B)
not applicable 		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-D)
not applicable
MZGdb v3.0

"full format"

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Format Description		CSV

Excel-friendly full format
comma-separated-values		 MZGdb CSV (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb CSV (mode-B)
not applicable 		MZGdb CSV (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb CSV (mode-D)
not applicable
PSV

pipe-separated-values		 MZGdb PSV (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb PSV (mode-B)
not applicable 		MZGdb PSV (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb PSV (mode-D)
not applicable











Mon Oct 27 05:39:14 PM EDT 2025