Filtering
Build a query from filter chips
A query is built from filter chips in the top strip. Each chip adds one restriction; chips combine, so the result is everything matching all of them. Nothing is fetched until you press Run Query.
There are two kinds of chip:
- Metadata filters narrow the catalogue by attributes that are already stored (taxonomy, biome, class, …). They are fast and can be combined freely.
- Advanced search chips run a computation — match by protein domain, protein sequence, or chemical structure. These are covered under Searching.
Metadata filters
| Chip | Narrows by |
|---|---|
| Source | The data collection an assembly came from (e.g. a marine catalogue, BacDive, MIBiG). See What’s in the Catalogue. |
| Detector | The BGC detection tool that called the cluster (antiSMASH, GECCO, SanntiS). |
| Assembly type | Genome, metagenome, or region. |
| Taxonomy | A hierarchical tree from domain down to species. Pick at any level. |
| Biome | The environment the assembly came from, using the GOLD biome ontology. |
| BGC class | The kind of biosynthetic machinery — Polyketide, NRPS, RiPP, … |
| GCF | A gene cluster family path and its descendants. |
| ChemOnt class | The predicted chemical class of the product. |
| Accessions | A single smart field that accepts an assembly, contig, BGC, iBGC, or protein accession. See Accessions Field. |
| Length | A minimum/maximum cluster size. |
Each active chip shows a count of selected values; clear it from the chip or use Reset filters to clear everything.
How filters combine
All chips are combined with AND: an iBGC must satisfy every active chip to appear. Within a single hierarchical chip (taxonomy, biome, GCF, ChemOnt), selecting a node includes that node and everything below it.
Advanced search chips are combined with the metadata filters too — for example, you can run a sequence search restricted to marine Actinomycetota by adding those metadata chips alongside the sequence chip.
Running, clearing, and result scope
- Run Query fetches the matches and reports the count in a banner.
- Clear query removes the result set; the label is context-aware (it also clears an active search or loaded asset).
- If a query matches more iBGCs than the discovery platform can display at once, it shows a representative sample and tells you the true total. Narrow the filters for a complete set.
Filters carry into clicks
Clicking the GCF chip inside an iBGC detail card applies that family as a filter — a quick way to pivot from one interesting cluster to its whole family.