A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Vibrissea truncorum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections11
Countries6
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Vibrissea truncorum gene for 5.8S ribosomal RNA, internal transcribed spacer 2 and 28S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: 98-185
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS10★ITS1
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualVibrissea truncorum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size65 930 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
THIS GENOME Vibrissea truncorum0.07 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 808 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 312
Museum / vouchered491
Other5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 444 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 705≤1 km 244≤10 km 198>10 km 44
1 191 georeferenced · 121 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 312
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy51% within 1 km
≤100 m 43≤1 km 139≤10 km 134>10 km 42
358 georeferenced · 133 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence491
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions39 of 72 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Olocation not on record
89
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record
37
Uppsala, SE
33
Trondheim, NO
22
Karlsruhe, DE
17
Bronx, US
15
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
14
TROMlocation not on record
13
TENN-Flocation not on record
11
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
11
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
11
Ann Arbor, US
9
Helsinki, FI
8
Vancouver, CA
8
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record
8
Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record
7
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
7
Toronto, CA
7
WTUlocation not on record
7
Joensuu, FI
6
Madison, US
6
Kuopio, FI
6
FLASlocation not on record
5
Copenhagen, DK
5
LDlocation not on record
5
Lincoln, US
5
Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record
5
Chicago, US
5
ILLSlocation not on record
4
Oulu, FI
4
CA
4
Kew, GB
3
Jyväskylä, FI
3
Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record
3
PHlocation not on record
3
WU-MYClocation not on record
3
FAMCALlocation not on record
3
MAlocation not on record
2
Pullman, US
2
nsnflocation not on record
2
BDBClocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Champaign, US
2
Osaka, JP
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Staten Island, US
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
California State University, East Baylocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
Tartu, EE
1
Brown Universitylocation not on record
1
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
1
Zürich, CH
1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record
1
Turku, FI
1
Parkville, AU
1
Baton Rouge, US
1
Berlin, DE
1
San Sebastián, ES
1
Cincinnati, US
1
HabitatVisionlocation not on record
1
Blacksburg, US
1
Laramie, US
1
Salzburg, AT
1
GJOlocation not on record
1
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
Görlitz, DE
1
St. Paul, US
1
72 institutions · 455 of 491 vouchered records shown · 35 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA11 detections
Where the DNA of Vibrissea truncorum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found11
Studies independent surveys2
Countries6
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 11 detections have coordinates
Open the map6 countries0
GrasslandPalearctic
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median3.10 °C -2.10–8.40
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.7 °C
Max temp (day)5.50 °C -1.10–12.9
Min temp (night)-0.5 °C -6.10–3.80
Precipitation90.2 mm/mo 51.0–174
Air humidity65.5 % 57.4–70.2
Moisture balance44.3 mm/mo -25.5–124
Vapour deficit327 Pa 183–495
Wind speed4.70 m/s 1.90–7.90
Cloud cover51.2 % 34.6–54.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 808 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.07 Gbp↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗