GTDB Search Taxon

Overview

Search the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) for prokaryotic taxa by partial name. GTDB provides a standardized genome-based taxonomy for Bacteria and Archaea, resolving polyphyletic groups in NCBI taxonomy. Returns matching taxon names with GTDB rank prefixes (d__=domain, p__=phylum, c__=class, o__=order, f__=family, g__=genus, s__=species). Search is case-insensitive and matches partial names. Use this for looking up standardized prokaryotic taxonomy names, finding correct GTDB identifiers, or exploring taxonomic groups like Lachnospiraceae, Enterobacteriaceae, or Clostridia.

Status

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

Last probed

1d ago

Last success

1d ago

Last latency

83ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results per rank (default: 20, max: 100)",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "operation": {
      "description": "Operation type (fixed: search_taxon)",
      "enum": [
        "search_taxon"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Partial taxon name to search for (e.g., 'Lachnospiraceae', 'Escherichia', 'Bacillota'). Case-insensitive.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "operation",
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

{
  "limit": 3,
  "operation": "",
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Identifiers

Catalog ID

tu_GTDB_search_taxon

Tool name

GTDB_search_taxon

Added

2026-05-01 00:58Z

Tags

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