v16.43.0

Genome

• Backend Support for Table Sorting: Introduced backend support enabling sorting functionality on the genome table by the number-of-contigs field.

Taxonomy

• Preparation for NCBI Taxonomy Rank Updates: Implemented backend changes to support the upcoming modifications in the NCBI Taxonomy rank naming conventions. For more details on these changes, visit NCBI Insights.

v16.42.0

Documentation

• Resolved an issue with trailing spaces in BioSample attribute column names.

Gene

• Implemented the capability to directly retrieve gene information using locus tag.

Virus

• Introduced a new 'segment' field to the virus data report.

v16.41.0

Taxonomy AutoSuggest

• Updated the taxonomy autosuggest to include bracketed terms as exact matches even when brackets not included.

Command line tools

• New gene and gene-product report TSV templates are now available in the dataformat CLI tool. These templates include a predefined set of fields from the gene and product data reports. While they provide a structured format, they may be updated in future releases.

Documentation

• A new page detailing the methodology for ortholog calculation has been added to the Datasets documentation. This provides insights into the process and criteria used for determining orthologs.
• The term "representative genome" was recently deprecated and replaced with "reference genome." References to "representative genomes" have been removed from the API documentation and report schema to reflect this change.

API

• Resolved errors and warnings in the OpenAPI specification
• Fixed a bug in the gene links endpoint.

v16.40.1

Documentation

• Bug Fixes: Elide deprecated table fields from documentation

v16.40.0

Command-line tool

• Added support for wildcards in the dataformat fields parameter.

• Released the source code for the NCBI datasets client on GitHub.

v16.39.1

Virus Service

• Bug Fixes: Correct CRC32 for virus downloads of large datasets

v16.39.0

Command-line tools

• Enhanced the --inputfile option in the virus summary and download commands to accept input for taxon names and TaxIDs, with a maximum limit of 100 entries.
  *Addressed an incorrect command syntax in the datasets command of the gene download summary endpoint.

Documentation updates

• Incorporated explanations for missing metadata in the reasons section for atypical genome assemblies.
• Updated the 'Using dataformat' documents to include descriptions of each field.

API documentation

• Fixed a bug by adding deprecated enumerations into the OpenAPI specification.

Gene reports

• The 'Refseq Select' and 'MANE Select' labels were added to the gene product report.
• Added a "locus tag" field to the gene report

Services

• Bug Fixes: Resolved a bug in file validation

v16.38.1

Virus

• Added support for providing a list of taxids and taxonomic names in POST requests to the virus summary and download endpoints

Gene

• Added a new link to the Multiple Comparative Genome Viewer to GET gene links.
• Added Gene Ontology information to the gene data report.

Documentaiton

• Added a new 'Using dataformat' section to the Datasets documentation page.

v16.37.0

Taxonomy services

• Bug Fix: Resolved an issue in the Taxonomy TSV report where column values were incorrectly mismatched.

Documentation

• Updated the Genome Notes definitions.

v16.36.0

Gene data report

• Resolved an issue where outdated RefSeqs from previous versions were being displayed.

Genome web page

• Fixed an issue where genome FTP links were displayed even when corresponding FTP files were unavailable.

Taxonomy services

• Updated retrieval logic to ensure only the latest taxonomy image is displayed.
• Added support for secondary taxonomy IDs in the taxonomy data report

Virus services

• Optimized the virus download service for faster and more efficient performance.