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BVBRC Get Taxonomy

Get detailed taxonomy information for a pathogen from BV-BRC by NCBI Taxonomy ID. Returns taxon name, rank, lineage, alternative names, and genome counts. Useful for resolving pathogen taxonomy and understanding classification hierarchy. Example: '2697049' returns SARS-CoV-2 taxonomy with full lineage from Viruses to species.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 6572msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 6572ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "taxon_id": {
      "description": "NCBI Taxonomy ID. Examples: '2697049' (SARS-CoV-2), '1773' (M. tuberculosis), '1280' (S. aureus), '11320' (Influenza A).",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "taxon_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default BVBRC Get Taxonomy call

public-safeinput

{
  "taxon_id": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_BVBRC_get_taxonomy
Tool name: BVBRC_get_taxonomy
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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