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EBITaxonomy Get By Scientific Name

Look up taxonomy by scientific (Latin) name using the EBI Taxonomy service. Returns taxonomy ID, lineage, rank, division, and genetic codes. Handles subspecies and strain names. Example: 'Escherichia coli' returns taxId 562 with full bacterial lineage.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 87msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 87ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "scientific_name": {
      "description": "Scientific name of the organism. Examples: 'Homo sapiens', 'Escherichia coli', 'Drosophila melanogaster', 'Arabidopsis thaliana'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "scientific_name"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default EBITaxonomy Get By Scientific Name call

public-safeinput

{
  "scientific_name": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_EBITaxonomy_get_by_scientific_name
Tool name: EBITaxonomy_get_by_scientific_name
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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