Currently the 16S biodiversity tool (R8 and later) can only be used with 16s sequences. Please let us know in the comments below if you would like to see other databases included.
Can the 16s Biodiversity tool be used with other databases?
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Is there any progress to include other databases such as SILVA or any other 18S database?
We aren't looking to include any additional databases in the near future, but I will forward your request for 18S databases to the developers.