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ENAPortal Search Samples

Search the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) for biological samples by taxonomy or text query. Returns sample accessions, descriptions, taxonomy, and publication dates. Useful for finding source material metadata across the world's nucleotide archives (INSDC). Example: 'tax_tree(562)' finds all E. coli samples; 'description="liver"' finds samples with liver in the description.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 746msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 746ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "fields": {
      "description": "Comma-separated fields. Default: 'sample_accession,sample_alias,description,tax_id,scientific_name,first_public'.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum results to return (1-100, default 10).",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "ENA search query. Examples: 'tax_tree(562)' (E. coli), 'description=\"liver\"', 'tax_tree(9606) AND description=\"tumor\"'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default ENAPortal Search Samples call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ENAPortal_search_samples
Tool name: ENAPortal_search_samples
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

ENAPortal Search Samples

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 746msCortexa

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "fields": { "description": "Comma-separated fields. Default: 'sample_accession,sample_alias,description,tax_id,scientific_name,first_public'.", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "limit": { "description": "Maximum results to return (1-100, default 10).", "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "query": { "description": "ENA search query. Examples: 'tax_tree(562)' (E. coli), 'description=\"liver\"', 'tax_tree(9606) AND description=\"tumor\"'.", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "query" ], "type": "object" }