Genome assembly accession (GCA, GCF)
ID genome_assembly_accession
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
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Accession of a genome assembly in the assembly databases of NCBI, ENA and DDBJ: GCA_ for an assembly as submitted to the INSDC archives or GCF_ for an assembly in the NCBI RefSeq collection, then nine digits and an optional version such as .1.
- Categories
- Scientific
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Bioregistry
insdc.gca,insdc.gcf- Quality
- 85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^GC[AF]_[0-9]{9}(\.[0-9]+)?$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| GCA_000155495.1 | ASM15549v1, assembly of Helicobacter pullorum MIT 98-5489; Bioregistry example |
| GCF_000001405 | RefSeq assembly accession without version; Bioregistry example |
| GCA_155495.1 invalid | Fewer than nine digits |
Sources
- doc: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/
- other: https://bioregistry.io/registry/insdc.gca
- other: https://bioregistry.io/registry/insdc.gcf
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http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/genome_assembly_accession - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
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data/datatypes/any/science/genome_assembly_accession.yamlon GitHub