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173 changes: 173 additions & 0 deletions src/pyobo/sources/silva.py
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"""Convert SILVA small subunit (ssu) taxonomy to OBO format."""

import logging
from collections.abc import Iterable

import pandas as pd
from tqdm.auto import tqdm

from pyobo.struct import Obo, Reference, Term, TypeDef
from pyobo.struct.typedef import has_taxonomy_rank
from pyobo.utils.path import ensure_path

__all__ = [
"SILVAGetter",
]

PREFIX = "silva.taxon"

#: A mapping from SILVA rank names to TAXRANK references
SILVA_RANK_TO_TAXRANK = {
"domain": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000037", name="domain"),
"major_clade": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0001004", name="major_clade"),
"superkingdom": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000022", name="superkingdom"),
"kingdom": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000017", name="kingdom"),
"subkingdom": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000029", name="subkingdom"),
"superphylum": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000027", name="superphylum"),
"phylum": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000001", name="phylum"),
"subphylum": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000008", name="subphylum"),
"infraphylum": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000040", name="infraphylum"),
"superclass": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000015", name="superclass"),
"class": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000002", name="class"),
"subclass": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000007", name="subclass"),
"infraclass": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000019", name="infraclass"),
"superorder": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000020", name="superorder"),
"order": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000003", name="order"),
"suborder": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000014", name="suborder"),
"superfamily": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000018", name="superfamily"),
"family": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000004", name="family"),
"subfamily": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000024", name="subfamily"),
"genus": Reference(prefix="TAXRANK", identifier="0000005", name="genus"),
}

#: URLs for the SILVA files.
SILVA_TAXONOMY_URL = "https://www.arb-silva.de/fileadmin/silva_databases/current/Exports/taxonomy/tax_slv_ssu_138.2.txt.gz"
SILVA_TAXMAP_URL = "https://www.arb-silva.de/fileadmin/silva_databases/current/Exports/taxonomy/taxmap_slv_ssu_ref_nr_138.2.txt.gz"

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)

TYPEDEF = TypeDef(
reference=default_reference(PREFIX, "fixme", name="fixme"),
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definition="fixme",
is_metadata_tag=False,
)


class SILVAGetter(Obo):
"""An ontology representation of the SILVA taxonomy."""

ontology = bioversions_key = PREFIX
typedefs = [has_taxonomy_rank, TYPEDEF]
idspaces = {
PREFIX: "https://www.arb-silva.de/no_cache/download/archive/current/Exports/taxonomy/",
"ena.embl": "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/",
}
root_terms = [
Reference(prefix=PREFIX, identifier="2", name="Archaea"),
Reference(prefix=PREFIX, identifier="3", name="Bacteria"),
Reference(prefix=PREFIX, identifier="4", name="Eukaryota"),
]

def iter_terms(self, force: bool = False) -> Iterable[Term]:
"""Iterate over terms in the SILVA ontology."""
return iter_terms_silva(version=self._version_or_raise, force=force)


def iter_terms_silva(version: str, force: bool = False) -> Iterable[Term]:
"""Iterate over SILVA terms from the main taxonomy and taxmap files."""
# --- Process the main taxonomy file ---
taxonomy_path = ensure_path(PREFIX, url=SILVA_TAXONOMY_URL, version=version, force=force)
tax_df = pd.read_csv(
taxonomy_path,
sep="\t",
header=None,
names=["taxonomy", "taxon_id", "rank", "ignore", "introduced"],
dtype=str,
)
tax_df.fillna("", inplace=True)

#: a dictionary that maps the joined taxonomy path (with trailing ";") to taxon_id
tax_path_to_id: dict[str, str] = {}
#: maps taxon_id to the Term object
terms_by_id = {}

for idx, row in tqdm(
tax_df.iterrows(),
total=len(tax_df),
desc=f"[{PREFIX}] processing main taxonomy",
unit="row",
):
tax_str = row["taxonomy"].strip()
taxon_id = row["taxon_id"].strip()
rank_raw = row["rank"].strip()
rank = rank_raw.lower()
# Split taxonomy string by ";" and discard empty parts.
parts = [p.strip() for p in tax_str.split(";") if p.strip()]
if not parts:
logger.warning(f"Row {idx}: empty taxonomy string: {tax_str}")
continue

# The term's name is the last element (e.g. for "Bacteria;Actinomycetota;", name is "Actinomycetota").
name = parts[-1]
term = Term(reference=Reference(prefix=PREFIX, identifier=taxon_id, name=name))
if rank in SILVA_RANK_TO_TAXRANK:
term.annotate_object(has_taxonomy_rank, SILVA_RANK_TO_TAXRANK[rank])
else:
logger.warning(
f"Row {idx}: unknown rank '{rank_raw}' for taxonomy: {tax_str} (taxon id: {taxon_id})"
)

# Determine the parent by joining all but the last element.
if len(parts) > 1:
parent_key = ";".join(parts[:-1]) + ";" # e.g. "Bacteria;"
parent_id = tax_path_to_id.get(parent_key)
if parent_id:
term.append_parent(Reference(prefix=PREFIX, identifier=parent_id))
full_key = ";".join(parts) + ";"
tax_path_to_id[full_key] = taxon_id
terms_by_id[taxon_id] = term

# --- Process the taxmap file ---
# This file has a header with columns: primaryAccession, start, stop, path, organism_name, taxid
taxmap_path = ensure_path(PREFIX, url=SILVA_TAXMAP_URL, version=version, force=force)
taxmap_df = pd.read_csv(taxmap_path, sep="\t", dtype=str)
taxmap_df.rename(
columns={
"primaryAccession": "accession",
"organism_name": "organism",
"taxid": "species_taxon_id",
"path": "taxonomy",
},
inplace=True,
)
taxmap_df.fillna("", inplace=True)

for idx, row in tqdm(
taxmap_df.iterrows(), total=len(taxmap_df), desc=f"[{PREFIX}] processing taxmap", unit="row"
):
accession = row["accession"].strip()
species_taxon_id = row["species_taxon_id"].strip()
organism = row["organism"].strip()
if not accession or not species_taxon_id:
continue
if species_taxon_id in terms_by_id:
# Create a new term for the ENA accession.
new_term = Term(
reference=Reference(prefix="ena.embl", identifier=accession, name=organism)
)
# Do NOT annotate the new term with a rank (leave it unranked).
new_term.append_parent(Reference(prefix=PREFIX, identifier=species_taxon_id))
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Don't ENA terms represent nucleotide sequences derived from experiments? Can they also represent projects?

From what I understand, they aren't actually themselves representing taxa. Therefore this parent/child relationship doesn't make sense.

The hard work of making a PyOBO source is really understanding what is the relationship SILVA means when it mentions its internal taxonomy and ENA sequences. I can't do this hard work for you in detail, but from a high level it seems like the sequence was derived from an individual of the taxonomy.

Then, there's two options:

  1. Find an existing RO relationship that is appropriate for this. Maybe http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0001001, even though it's not a perfect ontological fit. Maybe OBI is a better place to look
  2. mint an ad-hoc one yourself within the scope of this file, e.g., like in
    HAS_INTERVENTION = TypeDef(

If you go the second route, make sure that you do a good job describing what the relationship means (in a concise way)

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Thank you for your detailed feedback. I completely understand where the hard work lies, and I truly appreciate the guidance you provided. Your suggestions—either reusing an existing RO relationship (like RO_0001001) or minting an ad-hoc one (as in clinicaltrials.py)—are exactly the direction I was hoping for.

I’ll explore those options further. Alternatively, I might start by representing only down to the genus level (as shown in the taxonomy files) until I fully understand the nuances of the lower levels.

Thanks again for steering this work in the right direction!

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I think it's good to surface decision like this higher up, and ideally all of pyobo would be biolink compliant. biolink:has_biological_sequence is the right KG relationship to use.

If you are going to use RO you need to use it consistently with how it's intended and not just pick a label that sounds right.

yield new_term
else:
logger.warning(
f"Row {idx} in taxmap: species_taxon_id {species_taxon_id} not found in main taxonomy"
)

# Yield all terms from the main taxonomy.
for term in terms_by_id.values():
yield term


if __name__ == "__main__":
SILVAGetter().cli()
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