BFR2: a curated benthic foraminifera ribosomal reference database

The present data set provides a fasta file, a tab-separated text file, and an Excel file. The fasta file includes 5,324 18S rDNA reference sequences for benthic foraminifera. The tab-separated text file includes the following fields: BFR2 number = unique internal sequence accession number; length = sequence length; class = class to which each sequence is assigned; order/suborder/clade = order/suborder/clade to which each sequence is assigned; family = family to which each sequence is assigned; genus = genus to which each sequence is assigned; species = species to which each sequence is assigned; isolate number = unique DNA extraction number; clone/direct: indicates whether it has been directly sequenced or cloned; genbank_accession = NCBI sequence accession number; sampling site = biogeographic region where the specimen has been collected; latitude in decimal degrees, longitude in decimal degrees; collection date = year in which specimen was collected; collector = person who collected the specimen; publication = publication associated to the sequence; journal = journal associated to publication; first author = first author associated to publication/sequence; taxonomic remarks = additional taxonomic information/comment; sampling remarks = addional sampling information/comment.

List of added or updated:
- Clone/direct: indicates whether it has been directly sequenced or cloned.
- Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees.
- Genbank accession number of 1700 18S rRNA sequences added.