# What is the taxonomic overview of the species corresponfing to the reference genomes in MetaPhlAn4？

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**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/what-is-the-taxonomic-overview-of-the-species-corresponfing-to-the-reference-genomes-in-metaphlan4/6027 "2023-10-10T03:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![junglenone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/junglenone/32/2468_2.png) [@junglenone](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/junglenone)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/what-is-the-taxonomic-overview-of-the-species-corresponfing-to-the-reference-genomes-in-metaphlan4/6027/1 "2023-10-10T03:20:53Z")

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i want to know the taxonomic overview in order to ensure the database integrity.

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**Author:** ![aitor.blancomiguez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/aitor.blancomiguez/32/86_2.png) [@aitor.blancomiguez](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/aitor.blancomiguez)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/what-is-the-taxonomic-overview-of-the-species-corresponfing-to-the-reference-genomes-in-metaphlan4/6027/2 "2024-03-05T09:18:31Z")

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Hi @junglenone  
You can have a look at the following files `*_species.txt.bz2` files at [Index of /biobakery4/metaphlan\_databases](http://cmprod1.cibio.unitn.it/biobakery4/metaphlan_databases/)