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Lorenz Christian Reimer1, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse1, Julia Koblitz1
1Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
Nucleic Acids Research
|October 31, 2021
Summary
The BacDive bacterial metadatabase now offers comprehensive data for over 82,000 strains, enhancing prokaryotic research. New features improve data accessibility and searchability for scientific applications.
Area of Science:
- Microbiology
- Bioinformatics
- Data Science
Background:
- BacDive is a leading database for standardized prokaryotic strain data.
- The database has significantly expanded its data content and features over the past three years.
Purpose of the Study:
- To update and enhance the BacDive metadatabase with new features and expanded data.
- To improve data accessibility, searchability, and interpretation for researchers and search engines.
Main Methods:
- Integrated data from additional culture collections and species descriptions.
- Developed a new query builder tool for complex database searches.
- Implemented an interactive dashboard for statistical overviews and annotated data with bioschemas.org terms.
Main Results:
- The database now contains information for 82,892 bacterial and archaeal strains across 1048 data fields.
- Data content increased by 30% in the last three years.
- New features include an advanced search query builder, interactive dashboard, improved genomic data, integrated NCBI TaxIDs, and links to BacMedia.
Conclusions:
- BacDive serves as a crucial resource for standardized prokaryotic data.
- Enhanced features improve the systematic search and identification of bacterial strains for various applications.
- Bioschema.org annotations improve data findability and interpretation by search engines.
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