In biology in general and in genomic research in particular, it is nowadays common practice to build up and to query large databases of biological data. Most biological databases are accessible through the Web.
Most biological databases offer application specific software tools for data analyses.
A few hundred databases are used in biology and genomic research over the world, most of them beeing accessible on the web. These databases differ in their semantics as well as in their implementations. In this project, we intend to give an overview on the most important databases used in biology. The overview aimed at is intended for computer scientists. Moreover, the databases considered will be classified by contents.