Usage edit

Use this template to add a reference to a taxon on the web site NCBI Taxonomy (National Center for Biotechnology Information) by providing the taxon id on NCBI.


Syntax
{{NCBI |id |description}}
Parameters
  • id
the id of the taxon on NCBI web site.
Warning: avoid leading spaces!
How to retrieve the id: In the url www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=9606&lvl=3&p=has_linkout&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock the id is 9606
Sample (for Homo sapiens): 9606
  • description
The name of the taxon with its author (don't forget italic for genus and species)
Sample (for Homo sapiens): Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758
Examples of page where the template is used
Samples
{{NCBI|9606 |''Homo sapiens'' Linnaeus, 1758}} or better yet: {{NCBI |9606 |''Homo sapiens'' {{aut|Linnaeus}}, 1758}}
{{NCBI|9606 |''Homo sapiens''}}
{{NCBI|9606}}
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See also edit