FamDB Format 2.0 Partitions: The FamDB HDF5 database format now supports database partitioning by taxanomic groups. This allows users to download only the portion(s) of Dfam that they need to conduct their work while still providing all the features the famdb.py query tool. At a minimum the root partition must be downloaded however any number of additional partitions may also be present. The taxonomic layout of the partitions in Dfam 3.9 is as follows: Partition 0 [dfam39_full.0.h5]: root Partition 1 [dfam39_full.1.h5]: Brachycera Partition 2 [dfam39_full.2.h5]: Archelosauria Partition 3 [dfam39_full.3.h5]: Hymenoptera Partition 4 [dfam39_full.4.h5]: Otomorpha Partition 5 [dfam39_full.5.h5]: rosids Partition 6 [dfam39_full.6.h5]: Viridiplantae Saxifragales, asterids, Proteales, Nymphaeales, Amborellales, Caryophyllales, Ranunculales, Mesostigmatophyceae, Chlorokybophyceae, Charophyceae, Lycopodiopsida, Chlorophyta, Liliopsida, Polypodiopsida, Marchantiophyta, Acrogymnospermae, Bryophyta Partition 7 [dfam39_full.7.h5]: Mammalia Partition 8 [dfam39_full.8.h5]: Noctuoidea Partition 9 [dfam39_full.9.h5]: Obtectomera Bombycoidea, Papilionoidea, Pyraloidea, Hesperioidea, Geometroidea, Drepanoidea, Pterophoroidea Partition 10 [dfam39_full.10.h5]: Eupercaria Partition 11 [dfam39_full.11.h5]: Ctenosquamata Ovalentaria, Myctophata, Lampridacea, Carangaria, Holocentrimorphaceae, Batrachoidaria, Anabantaria, Paracanthopterygii, Ophidiaria, Gobiaria, Syngnathiaria, Pelagiaria Partition 12 [dfam39_full.12.h5]: Vertebrata Chondrichthyes, Lepidosauria, Protacanthopterygii, Coelacanthimorpha, Amphibia, Cladistia, Holostei, Cyclostomata , Osteoglossocephala, Stomiati, Dipnomorpha, Elopocephalai, Chondrostei Partition 13 [dfam39_full.13.h5]: Coleoptera Partition 14 [dfam39_full.14.h5]: Endopterygota Gelechioidea, Yponomeutoidea, Incurvarioidea, Tineoidea, Apoditrysia, Nematocera, Strepsiptera, Neuropterida, Siphonaptera, Trichoptera Partition 15 [dfam39_full.15.h5]: Protostomia Nematoda, Chelicerata, Collembola, Polyneoptera, Monocondylia, Palaeoptera, Crustacea, Paraneoptera, Myriapoda, Scalidophora, Spiralia Partition 16 [dfam39_full.16.h5]: Riboviria Fungi, Cnidaria, Discoba, Sar, Amoebozoa, Metamonada, Filasterea, Polydnaviriformidae, Rotosphaerida, Cryptophyceae, Hemichordata, unclassified viruses, Choanoflagellata, Ichthyosporea, Rhodophyta, Tunicata, Cephalochordata, Ctenophora , Placozoa, Apusozoa, Porifera, Haptista, Naldaviricetes, Bacteria , Echinodermata, Varidnaviria, Riboviria This new format is compatible with FamDB tool v2.0.0, and RepeatMasker 4.1.8. For more information see the project page at: https://github.com/Dfam-consortium/FamDB