taxon_suggest endpoint does not return E. coli species (taxid:562)

[manulera]

I noticed that the taxon_suggest endpoint does not return the E. coli species (taxid:562), only some strains of the species.

https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2alpha/taxonomy/taxon_suggest/Escherichia%20coli

Is there a reason for this? I noticed that E. coli has 2 reference genomes, is it related to that?

[olearyna]

Hi Manu,

Thanks for reporting the issue with our taxon_suggest endpoint. We'll investigate and make improvements. I think its unrelated to the two E. coli reference genomes. In a few cases, we maintain multiple reference genomes for a species when it meets community needs.

Nuala