24th OMA Release with 2198 species (Dec 2018)

We have just released the latest update of the OMA Browser. It is the 24th release covering 2198 genomes. As usually we provide updated HOGs, OMA Groups and gene centric orthology predictions across all domains of life. 

In this release we added the following new genomes:

• 3 new Archaea:
• Heimdallarchaeota archaeon (strain B3-JM-08)
• Lokiarchaeota archaeon (strain CR_4)
• Thorarchaeota archaeon (strain OWC)


• 6 new Bacteria:
• Porphyromonas endodontalis (strain ATCC 35406 / BCRC 14492 / JCM 8526 / NCTC 13058 / HG 370)
• Bacillus akibai (strain ATCC 43226 / DSM 21942 / JCM 9157 / 1139)
• Thermacetogenium phaeum (strain ATCC BAA-254 / DSM 12270 / PB)
• Pseudomonas agarici
• Aliivibrio fischeri (strain ATCC 700601 / ES114)
• Aliivibrio fischeri (strain MJ11)


• 6 new Alveolata,
• Plasmodium falciparum (isolate NF54)
• Plasmodium berghei (strain Anka)
• Theileria parva (East coast fever infection agent)
• Toxoplasma gondii (strain ATCC 50861 / VEG)
• Pseudocohnilembus persalinus
• Stylonychia lemnae


• 10 new Fungi:
• Pyronema omphalodes (strain CBS 100304)
• Coccidioides immitis (strain RS) (Valley fever fungus)
• Coniosporium apollinis (strain CBS 100218) (Rock-inhabiting black yeast)
• Cochliobolus sativus (strain ND90Pr / ATCC 201652) (Common root rot and spot blotch fungus)
• Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (strain Pt-1C-BFP) (Wheat tan spot fungus)
• Cordyceps militaris (strain CM01) (Caterpillar fungus)
• Magnaporthiopsis poae (strain ATCC 64411 / 73-15) (Kentucky bluegrass fungus)
• Cyberlindnera fabianii
• Grifola frondosa (Maitake)
• Cryptococcus gattii serotype B (strain R265) (Filobasidiella gattii)


• 5 new non-alveolata Protists:
• Giardia intestinalis (strain P15)
• Plasmodiophora brassicae 
• Cyanidioschyzon merolae (strain 10D) (Red alga)
• Thalassiosira oceanica (Marine diatom)
• Phytophthora parasitica (strain INRA-310)


• 3 new Viridiplantae:
• Helianthus annuus (Common sunflower)
• Phaseolus vulgaris (Kidney bean)
• Gossypium arboreum (Tree cotton)


• 1 new Metazoa
• Hippocampus comes (Tiger tail seahorse)

Also, we have updated a few important model organisms including:

• Sus scrofa (Pig)
• Triticum aestivum (Wheat)
• Zea mays (Maize)
• Haemophilus influenzae (strain ATCC 51907 / DSM 11121 / KW20 / Rd) 

A full list of species and their update dates is available on our release information page.

New OMA Release with 2167 species

We have just released the latest update of the OMA Browser. It is the 23th release covering 2167 genomes.

In this release we added 

• 7 new plant species (Liverwort, Quinoa, Coyote tobacco, Cucumber, Narrow-leaved blue lupine, Jute, and New World cotton), 
• 13 new animals:
• 5 rodents: Damaraland mole rat, Long-tailed chinchilla, Degu, Lesser Egyptian jerboa and the Northern Israeli blind subterranean mole rat
• Nothobranchius furzeri (Turquoise killifish) species, 
• Pan paniscus (Pygmy chimpanzee) species
• Schmidtea mediterranea (Freshwater planarian flatworm) species
• Thelazia callipaeda (Oriental eyeworm) species
• Meloidogyne hapla species
• Ooceraea biroi (Ant) species
• Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid)
• Hydra vulgaris (Hydra) species
• 17 new fungi species, 
• 7 new Protists:
• 4 new Plasmodium species
• Bodo saltans species
• Trichomonas vaginalis species
• Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden oak death agent) species
• 4 new archaea and 
• 24 new bacteria species.

Further, we updated the Domesticated barley, Arabidopsis thaliana, Mouse, Chimapanzee and Escherichia coli (strain K12) species in this release.

A full list of species and their update dates is available on our release information page.

New OMA Browser Release (Dec 2017) with 2103 species

We have just released the latest update of the OMA Browser. It is the 22th release covering 2103 genomes.

In this release we added 15 new eukaryotes, i.e. three new plants (Picoplanktonic green alga, Alpine rock-cress and Chinese cabbage), 5 new fungi species (Aspergillus glaucus, Candida albicans, Meyerozyma guilliermondii, Komagataella phaffii and Serendipita indica) and a few early branching eukaryotes (Plasmodium yoelii yoelii, Theileria annulata, Polysphondylium pallidum (strain ATCC 26659 / Pp 5 / PN500), Leptomonas seymouri, Salpingoeca rosetta (strain ATCC 50818 / BSB-021), Creolimax fragrantissima, Phytophthora nicotianae and Phytophthora parasitica). We also added a few bacteria and archaea species to this release and  we updated some of the common model organisms. You can find a detailed list of all the covered species on our website (http://omabrowser.org/oma/release/).

The new release comes also with a few improvements and enhancements such as a scalable, interactive viewer for hierarchical orthologous groups; protein domain annotations and domain-based links between orthologous groups; new functionality to retrieve phylogenetic marker genes for a subset of species of interest; a new synteny dot plot viewer; and an overhaul of the programmatic access (REST API and semantic web). Read about the new features in our latest OMA Browser publication.