Taxallnomy: an extension of NCBI Taxonomy that produces a hierarchically complete taxonomic tree

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Table 1 Taxonomic-ranks found in NCBI Taxonomy

Level	Name	Abbrev.^a	Prior.^b	# of taxa^c	# of lineages^d	Level	Name	Abbrev.^a	Prior.^b	# of taxa^c	# of lineages^d
1	Superkingdom	spKin	1	4	728,071	22	Tribe	Tri	15	2113	158,026
2	Kingdom	Kin	8	11	648,200	23	Subtribe	sbTri	24	497	34,578
3	Subkingdom	sbKin	21	1	46,229	24	Genus	Gen	2	84,642	726,932
4	Superphylum	spPhy	38	1	70	25	Subgenus	sbGen	26	1596	18,815
5	Phylum	Phy	6	149	722,901	26	Section	Sec	30	436	5302
6	Subphylum	sbPhy	9	26	573,559	27	Subsection	sbSec	36	21	314
7	Infraphylum	inPhy	40	0	0	28	Series	Ser	37	9	174
8	Superclass	spCla	20	6	73,676	29	Subseries	sbSer	41	0	0
9	Class	Cla	7	394	715,953	30	Species group	Sgr	27	326	11,709
10	Subclass	sbCla	10	154	306,936	31	Species subgroup	sbSgr	31	124	964
11	Infraclass	inCla	14	18	177,636	32	Species	Spe	3	507,981	726,733
12	Cohort	Coh	16	5	155,939	33	Forma specialis	Fsp	32	714	829
13	Subcohort	sbCoh	29	3	8220	34	Subspecies	sbSpe	25	24,809	29,339
14	Superorder	spOrd	19	55	101,075	35	Varietas	Var	28	8037	8359
15	Order	Ord	5	1518	723,930	36	Subvariety	sbVar	39	5	5
16	Suborder	sbOrd	12	362	220,298	37	Forma	For	34	520	521
17	Infraorder	inOrd	17	130	140,252	38	Serogroup	Srg	35	143	356
18	Parvorder	prOrd	23	25	43,046	39	Serotype	Srt	18	1174	107,446
19	Superfamily	spFam	13	843	191,499	40	Strain	Str	22	42,857	43,064
20	Family	Fam	4	8658	726,481	41	Isolate	Iso	33	641	641
21	Subfamily	sbFam	11	2936	270,677

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