Policy

  • The key purpose of Prototheca-ID is to perform species-level identification of Prototheca isolates through matching the query sequence(s) against the Prototheca-ID database. The application also serves as a platform for data sharing and analysis.

  • The intention of the Prototheca-ID authors was to contribute, through the website, to the dissemination of information about Protothecae to the broadest research community possible. Therefore, the results of querying the database and analysis of the data may be used and published by the users. However, the Prototheca-ID website must be acknowledged in all publications and other communications resulting from the use of the application.

  • The preferred format of the acknowledgement is:

    • This publication made use of the Prototheca-ID database website (https://www.Prototheca-ID.com/) developed by M. Dziurzyński, P. Decewicz, and T. Jagielski.

  • Furthermore, the users are kindly asked to cite the following reference in any publication and communication reporting work done with Prototheca-ID:

    • Mikołaj Dziurzyński, Przemyslaw Decewicz, Mateusz Iskra, Zofia Bakuła, Tomasz Jagielski, Prototheca-ID: a web-based application for molecular identification of Prototheca species, Database, Volume 2021, Issue 2021, 2021, baab073, https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baab073

  • All submissions to the Prototheca-ID database are voluntary and can be withdrawn, upon request, by the user.

  • To request a change or withdrawal of the data submitted, the users shall contact the website manager at any time using the email address provided on the contact page.

  • Any information from the database can be easily accessed through the Database subpage. Upon special request, the complete database can be downloaded as a password-protected compressed (zip) file. The content of the Prototheca-ID database can be used for scientific research and educational purposes only. Neither the entire nor any part of the database can be copied or used to produce a new database web-based server or any other product or service, without prior permission of the website’s authors / website team.

  • The Prototheca-ID team assumes no liability for any misuse of data held on this website or for any consequences of errors, loss or corruption of data, or of down-time of the website