*.dmp files are bcp-like dump from GenBank taxonomy database. General information. Field terminator is "\t|\t" Row terminator is "\t|\n" nodes.dmp file consists of taxonomy nodes. The description for each node includes the following fields: tax_id -- node id in GenBank taxonomy database parent tax_id -- parent node id in GenBank taxonomy database rank -- rank of this node (superkingdom, kingdom, ...) embl code -- locus-name prefix; not unique division id -- see division.dmp file inherited div flag (1 or 0) -- 1 if node inherits division from parent genetic code id -- see gencode.dmp file inherited GC flag (1 or 0) -- 1 if node inherits genetic code from parent mitochondrial genetic code id -- see gencode.dmp file inherited MGC flag (1 or 0) -- 1 if node inherits mitochondrial gencode from parent GenBank hidden flag (1 or 0) -- 1 if name is suppressed in GenBank entry lineage hidden subtree root flag (1 or 0) -- 1 if this subtree has no sequence data yet comments -- free-text comments and citations Taxonomy names file (names.dmp): tax_id -- the id of node associated with this name name_txt -- name itself unique name -- the unique variant of this name if name not unique name class -- (synonym, common name, ...) Divisions file (division.dmp): division id -- taxonomy database division id division cde -- GenBank division code (three characters) division name -- e.g. BCT, PLN, VRT, MAM, PRI... comments Genetic codes file: genetic code id -- GenBank genetic code id abbreviation -- genetic code name abbreviation name -- genetic code name cde -- translation table for this genetic code starts -- start codons for this genetic code Deleted nodes file (delnodes.dmp): tax_id -- deleted node id Merged nodes file (merged.dmp): old_tax_id -- id of nodes which has been merged new_tax_id -- id of nodes which is result of merging