Barcodes: 24,703,234
Per Site:
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Please Note: Scheduled Maintenance: BOLD Systems will be temporarily unavailable from Saturday Jan 31, 2026 12:00 pm to Feb 1, 2026 12:00am due to a server room network hardware upgrade.

Public Data Portal:

A data retrieval interface that allows for searching over 1.7M public records in BOLD using multiple search criteria including, but not limited to, geography, taxonomy, and depository.
 

Barcode Index Numbers:

A searchable database of Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), sequence clusters that closely approximate species.

DNA Barcode Education Portal:

A custom platform for educators and students to explore barcode data and contribute novel barcodes to the BOLD database.
 

Workbench:

An integrated data collection and analysis environment that securely supports the assembly and validation of DNA barcodes and ancillary sequences.


The Barcode of Life Data System is designed to support the generation and application of DNA barcode data. The platform consists of four main modules: a data portal, a database of barcode clusters, an educational portal, and a data collection workbench.



Sequence statistics

 

Species coverage (formally described)

         
Barcode clusters for animals (BINs) 1,407,785   Animals 282,810
All Sequences 26,823,319   Plants 69,018
Barcode Sequences 24,703,234   Fungi & Other Life 30,770



iBOL CFREF Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science Canada Foundation for Innovation NSERC