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<div>I completely agree with the previous posts. But unfortunately not only incorrect identifications but sometimes completely nonsense entries remain for years uncorrected in the database. See the entries <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nuccore&id=30025138">AY178854</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nuccore&id=26422832">AY187629</a> and so on which refer to an "earthworm" species <em>Lumbricus bimastus</em> that is a combination of a correct (<em>Lumbricus</em>) and an incorrect genus name (<em>Bimastus</em> instead of Bimastos).</div>
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<div> Cs. Csuzdi</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/26 Geoff Read <<a href="mailto:g.read@niwa.co.nz">g.read@niwa.co.nz</a>>:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">>>> On 26/06/2008 at 4:33 p.m., "Geoff Read" <<a href="mailto:g.read@niwa.co.nz">g.read@niwa.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br><br>> GBR<br>>>> "Revisions or updates to GenBank entries can be made by the submitters"<br>
>> Right, only by the submitters, but they don't do it.<br><br></div>However, I'm told that the 'only' above is not correct because others can submit comments.<br><br>Quote: "There is a procedure for "third-party annotation" whereby corrections etc. may be submitted by people other than the original authors. I believe that any such contribution must be based on already-published material."<br>
<br>And the GenBank help has: "If you have comments or updates to a record that does not belong to you, please email <a href="mailto:info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov">info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov</a>, the general NCBI Service Desk and be sure to provide the accession number of the record on which you are commenting."<br>
<br>So that's the process to try if the submitter seems to be unresponsive. Posting of aquatic invert examples where third parties have help resolve a problem with a GenBank entry would be welcome.<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Geoff<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Annelida mailing list<br>Post: <a href="mailto:Annelida@net.bio.net">Annelida@net.bio.net</a><br>Help/archive: <a href="http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida" target="_blank">http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida</a><br>
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