Cortexa research tool·biomedical·bvbrc

BVBRC Search Taxonomy

Search for pathogen taxonomy entries in BV-BRC by keyword. Returns matching taxa with names, ranks, genome counts, and lineage information. Useful for discovering pathogen taxon IDs for use with other BV-BRC tools. Example: 'Mycobacterium' returns the Mycobacterium genus and all its species.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 563msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 563ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "keyword": {
      "description": "Taxonomy search keyword. Examples: 'Mycobacterium', 'coronavirus', 'Salmonella', 'influenza', 'Ebola'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results. Default: 10. Max: 100.",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "keyword"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default BVBRC Search Taxonomy call

public-safeinput

{
  "keyword": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_BVBRC_search_taxonomy
Tool name: BVBRC_search_taxonomy
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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