News
last update: 20.02.2023-
New BacDive Release
BacDive steps into the AI world!
Using support vector machine and deep learning algorithms on genomes of 9023 bacterial strains, we added high quality predicted data to our database including data on:
- - Gram staining
- - Oxygen tolerance
- - Spore formation
- - Motility
- - Halophily
- - Thermophily
- - Acidophily
Check some of our strains with predicted data: Acetobacter pasteurianus, Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris
Prediction data is not available yet in the BacDive API. It will be soon available on demand.
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New BacDive Release
A new BacDive release is online, providing now data on 93,254 strains!
This update includes a major update for data from DSMZ database, including 637 new strains.
We also integrated comprehensive data on 267 strains for the Wink compendium of Actinobacteria, which now comprises data on 1576 strains and is now finalized!
An exiting new feature are our new taxonmaps: for 15.655 strains we could match 16S sequence data with the database MicrobeAtlas and now provide integrated overviews over the global distribution of a taxon.
Find the overall statistics in the table (below).
BacDive Section Release 2020 Release 2021 Release 2022 2021-2022 increase Name and taxonomic classification* 110,587 132,839 137,332 3% Morphology* 36,689 42,756 62,766 47% Culture and growth conditions* 136,586 157,622 159,833 1% Physiology and metabolism* 332,303 1,063,988 1,112,931 5% Isolation, sampling and environmental information* 143,496 156,065 175,521 12% Application and interaction* 21,710 22,077 23,221 5% Sequence data* 295,734 106,070 122,022 15% References* 66,571 68,145 128,540 89% overall entries* 1,143,676 1,749,562 1,922,166 10% -
BacDive selected as Global Core Biodata Resource
The BacDive database of the DSMZ was selected as one of 37 databases worldwide as a Global Core Biodata Resource.
In a rigorous selection process, the Global Biodata Coalition chose such resources that are considered critical for global research in the fields of life sciences and biomedicine. The BacDive database has been developed at the DSMZ for 10 years and now joins the list of the world's most important biological databases.
See https://globalbiodata.org/global-biodata-coalition-announces-the-first-set-of-global-core-biodata-resources/ for more information.
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New BacDive Release
A new BacDive release is online. 2604 new type strains from LPSN with their corresponding 2447 sequence accession numbers (16S) and risk assessment information have been integrated in our database.
Currently we offer metadata on 92,150 strains, including 18,710 type strains. An 16% type strains increase since the last update
Some suggestions from our users were included in this update as well. Thank you for making BacDive better!
To find even more information about our strains, we added 56,017 extra literature resources to allow you to dig even deeper into the strains of your interest.
We are also very proud of our new feature, the Smartsearch. Using a google like search now you can search our database for taxonomy, culture collection numbers, NCBI taxid, sequence accession numbers, motility, cell shape and much more.
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New BacDive License
We have made the BacDive License even more permissive with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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New BacDive Release
A new BacDive release is online since December 2021 comprising the largest update in the history of BacDive.
Compared to the major update in 2020, the overall data content has increased by 80 %. Currently we offer metadata on 89,545 strains, including 16,105 type strains.
The major sources for this update are new data from the culture collections JCM, KCTC and UCCCB. These comprise a lot of detailed information for 14,658 strains, including 5711 new strains. From the culture collection DSMZ, data on 942 new strains were integrated.
The second source is the regular update of manually annotated information on type strains from species descriptions. With this update detailed information on 687 strains were added, so that BacDive now provides 7585 data sets from literature.
Furthermore, we decided to transcribe API® test data where possible into the according BacDive data fields. This concerns mostly enzymatic and metabolic data. Data that originate from API® test data are clearly labeled as such!
*)Denotes the distinct combination of strain, reference, data entryBacDive Section Release 2019 Release 2020 Release 2021 2020-2021 increase Name and taxonomic classification* 108,630 110,587 132,839 20% Morphology* 35,965 36,689 42,756 17% Culture and growth conditions* 132,494 136,586 157,622 15% Physiology and metabolism* 312,973 332,303 1,063,988 220% Isolation, sampling and environmental information* 138,474 143,496 156,065 9% Application and interaction* 19,774 21,710 22,077 2% Sequence data* 35,258 295,734 411,718 39% References* 65,427 66,571 68,145 2% overall entries* 848,995 1,143,676 2,055,210 80% -
New BacDive Feature Update
A new BacDive feature update is online, with the following new functionalities:
- Homepage Relaunch with new design
- Modular Advanced Search.
This new search replaces the advanced search offering more powerfull searching capabilities and user friendliness.
- NCBI tax ID is now searchable on the main search using the format "taxid: 1604334"- 1500 new strain pictures added
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New BacDive mailing list and API
The BacDive Webservice has been renewed to adapt to our users needs and offer a better performance and comfort.
Find the new webpage here: https://api.bacdive.dsmz.de/
We upgraded the authorisation system. With a single sign on you will be able to access all the Web services of the DSMZ including BacDive and LPSN.
With the new mailing list you can get informed about new features and about upcoming updates and changes in BacDive.
You can subscribe any time here: /mailinglist/subscribe
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New BacDive Release
A new BacDive release is online since December 2020 comprising new data content and new features
Compared to the major update in 2019, the overall data content has increased by 35 %. Currently we offer metadata on 82,892 strains, including 14,208 type strains.
*) Denotes the distinct combination of strain, reference, data entryBacDive Section Release 2018 Release 2019 Release 2020 2019-2020 increase Name and taxonomic classification* 89,307 108,630 110,587 2% Morphology* 30,232 35,965 36,689 2% Culture and growth conditions* 111,414 132,494 136,586 2% Physiology and metabolism* 198,529 312,973 332,303 6% Isolation, sampling and environmental information* 77,883 138,474 143,496 4% Application and interaction* 19,111 19,774 21,710 10% Sequence data* 30,475 35,258 295,734 739% References* 43,210 65,427 66,571 2% overall entries* 600,161 848,995 1,143,676 35%
A major change in this update is the restructuring of the sections: Morphology & Physiology was splitted into the two sections Morgphology and Physiology & Metabolism. Molecular Biology was renamed to Sequence Data and the sequence data table was splitted into 16S and genome Sequence data. A large amount of sequence accession data was introduced by automatic annotation, which was developed within the new DiASPora-project.
A new summary called "BacPhrases" was introduced at the top of each strain detail view. Giving a fast overview over some important data about the strain within a short sentence, followed by a couple of keywords.
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New minor BacDive Release
A new statistic tool is available: the new dashboard enables to explore BacDive data in a new interactive way. 49 different graphs within seven sections give a fast overview of the data provided in the database including all strains. For a representative overview, data can be filtered for type strain data only. By clicking on data points in the graphs queries are starting in the respective specialized search tools, e.g. Advanced Search, TAXplorer, Isolation source search, or API test finder.
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New minor BacDive Release
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New BacDive Release
A new BacDive release is online since December 2019 comprising new data content and new features
Compared to the major update in 2018, the overall data content has increased by 36 %. Currently we offer metadata on 81,827 strains, including 14,091 type strains.
*) Denotes the distinct combination of strain, reference, data entryBacDive Section Release 09/2017 Release 07/2018 Release 12/2019 2017-2018 increase Name and taxonomic classification* 111,832 156,229 212,578 36% Morphology and physiology* 126,992 228,761 348,938 53% Culture and growth conditions* 77,471 119,126 132,494 11% Isolation, sampling and environmental information* 25,509 77,883 138,474 78% Application and interaction* 18,863 19,111 19,774 3% Molecular biology* 23,349 30,475 35,258 16% Strain availability* 68,853 81,373 82,538 1% overall entries* 452,869 712,958 970,054 36%
Analytical test data like Analyitcal Profile Index (API) data and fatty acid profiles were imported from the Swedish Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG). By integrating the data, the API data collection provides now 27,634 profiles for 15,357 strains and is the largest publicly available database in the world. The API database can be queried using the API test finder. The fatty acid profile database now comprises 5216 data sets.
Manually annotated data from IJSEM species descriptions were integrated, giving a total of 6640 data sets with species description data.
The Isolation source search was extended by new functions like the display of the geographic distribution on a world map and the analyses of the isolation source tags in a Krona plot.
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New BacDive Release
A new BacDive release is online since April 2019 comprising new data content and new features
Compared to the major update in 2018, the overall data content has increased by 26 %. Currently we offer metadata on 80,584 strains, including 13,498 type strains.
*) Denotes the distinct combination of strain, reference, data entryBacDive Section Release 09/2017 Release 07/2018 Release 04/2019 2017-2018 increase Name and taxonomic classification* 111,832 156,229 208,353 33% Morphology and physiology* 126,992 228,761 295,040 29% Culture and growth conditions* 77,471 119,126 125,775 6% Isolation, sampling and environmental information* 25,509 77,883 136,791 76% Application and interaction* 18,863 19,111 19,111 0% Molecular biology* 23,349 30,475 34,578 13% Strain availability* 68,853 81,373 81,373 0% overall entries* 452,869 712,958 901,021 26%
Data for 19,505 strains were imported from the Swedish Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG). Moreover, manually annotated data from 756 IJSEM species descriptions were integrated, giving a total of 6224 data sets with species description data. Over 1500 pictures were imported from the internal files of the DSMZ showing e.g. colony morphology on agar plates or sporulation.
DSM 20300 Corynebacterium glutamicum
