Is there a way to use API to convert taxa-ID to common/scientific name via NCBI?

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4.6 years ago

DNAlias ▴ 40

Is there some sort of API-based method (or similar) to access taxa-ID info from NCBI? I would like to retrieve the organism's common or scientific name for example.

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ADD COMMENT • link 4.6 years ago by DNAlias ▴ 40

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E-Utils https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25500/

ADD REPLY • link 4.6 years ago by Pierre Lindenbaum 164k

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Biomart is also an option

ADD REPLY • link 4.6 years ago by Asaf 10k

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https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi?db=taxonomy&id=9606 worked

ADD REPLY • link 4.6 years ago by DNAlias ▴ 40

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If you have a lot of entries, I recommend downloading map files

ADD REPLY • link 4.6 years ago by 5heikki 11k

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