Even when working with ordinary eukaryotic sequences such as the Yeast genome, it is often desired to be able to use alternative translation tables—namely for translation of the mitochondrial genes. Currently the following translation tables are defined by the NCBI Taxonomy Group for the translation of the sequences in GenBank:
# The standard code
# The vertebrate mitochondrial code
# The yeast mitochondrial code
# The mold, protozoan, and coelenterate mitochondrial code and the mycoplasma/spiroplasma code
# The invertebrate mitochondrial code
# The ciliate, dasycladacean and hexamita nuclear code
# The kinetoplast code
# <li value="9"> The echinoderm and flatworm mitochondrial code
# The euplotid nuclear code
# The bacterial, archaeal and plant plastid code
# The alternative yeast nuclear code
# The ascidian mitochondrial code
# The alternative flatworm mitochondrial code
# The Blepharisma nuclear code
# The chlorophycean mitochondrial code
# <li value="21"> The trematode mitochondrial code
# The Scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code
# The Thraustochytrium mitochondrial code
# The Pterobranchia mitochondrial code
# The candidate division SR1 and gracilibacteria code
# The Pachysolen tannophilus nuclear code
# The karyorelict nuclear code
# The Condylostoma nuclear code
# The Mesodinium nuclear code
# The peritrich nuclear code
# The Blastocrithidia nuclear code
# <li value="33"> The Cephalodiscidae mitochondrial code