placeholder taxon (Q56)
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taxon without an exact equivalent in the NCBI Taxonomy, or where the NCBI taxon is a polyphyletic placeholder (e.g. "unclassified bacteria"); these should NOT be used to retrieve sequences from NCBI because they may retrieve unrelated records
- taxon without NCBI Taxonomy equivalent
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | placeholder taxon |
taxon without an exact equivalent in the NCBI Taxonomy, or where the NCBI taxon is a polyphyletic placeholder (e.g. "unclassified bacteria"); these should NOT be used to retrieve sequences from NCBI because they may retrieve unrelated records |
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