Continuation of a national genetic biodiversity library

GBOL (2011-2019) & GBOL III: Dark Taxa (2020-2024) has delivered a functional DNA barcode library of Germany's biodiversity.
The database currently includes barcodes of 25,000 animal species (= approx. 50 % of the German fauna).
The GBOL network consists of 20 research institutions and more than 220 citizen scientists.
Difficult and highly diverse groups, especially dipterans and parasitoid wasps, are also included.
Information and data can be accessed via the GBOL portal .
GBOL@LIB will help to close remaining gaps.

GBOL has already expanded from a DNA barcoding initiative to an integrative biodiversity initiative encompassing biodiversity discovery, agricultural applications, workflow designs, databases, strategic collection development, conservation and genome-based evolutionary biology.

GBOL@LIB forms the framework for the biodiversity research activities of the LIB focussing on the German fauna. It includes discovery, taxonomy, life history and faunistics. It also includes the integration of the relevant data into specific databases and the storage and curation of voucher specimens, tissue and DNA.

The activities are carried out by LIB scientists as well as the existing and extended GBOL network.

GBOL@LIB is closely linked to other consortia on domestic and European biodiversity, such as "Unknown Germany" and "Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE)"