BacDive
@bacdive.bsky.social
BacDive is the worldwide largest database for strain-level bacterial and archaeal information. Our mission is to mobilize, standardize, and integrate research data from diverse sources and make it freely accessible.
bacdive.dsmz.de
bacdive.dsmz.de
Our colleagues at #SILVA are looking for a new scientific lead. Check out the job offer!
📣 Open position:
We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️, who will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the #SILVA taxonomy🌳.
Read and share!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
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We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️, who will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the #SILVA taxonomy🌳.
Read and share!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our colleagues at #SILVA are looking for a new scientific lead. Check out the job offer!
📆Save the date. 👉 This year's #BacDive workshop will take place on 24th November 2025, 3 - 5 PM CET online!
Join us for updates and the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback 🦠🧬.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.
Join us for updates and the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback 🦠🧬.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.
September 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📆Save the date. 👉 This year's #BacDive workshop will take place on 24th November 2025, 3 - 5 PM CET online!
Join us for updates and the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback 🦠🧬.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.
Join us for updates and the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback 🦠🧬.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.
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Just about to push a big update to our R package TaxSEA where we've spent a lot of time collating data from the BacDive database so it's readily usable in a metagenomics analysis. See example below from the HMP IBD data. #metagenomics #bioinformatics #microbiome #microbiota
August 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just about to push a big update to our R package TaxSEA where we've spent a lot of time collating data from the BacDive database so it's readily usable in a metagenomics analysis. See example below from the HMP IBD data. #metagenomics #bioinformatics #microbiome #microbiota
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Isabel from the BacDive Team will be at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth at #FEMS2025 🦠 to answer your questions on #DSMZDigitalDiversity 🖥️🧬 databases.
Prepare to be inspired and discover the new FEMS MICRO Milan 2025 day-to-day programme: buff.ly/eyLAber
Designed to go beyond traditional presentations, this year’s programme offers interactive opportunities to exchange ideas and spark collaborations. #FEMS2025
Designed to go beyond traditional presentations, this year’s programme offers interactive opportunities to exchange ideas and spark collaborations. #FEMS2025
June 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Isabel from the BacDive Team will be at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth at #FEMS2025 🦠 to answer your questions on #DSMZDigitalDiversity 🖥️🧬 databases.
🤩 Now published:
📄 Julia Koblitz's paper on making genome-based phenotypic trait predictions based on high-quality BacDive data and integrating predicted data into the database 🧬🖥️🦠.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
📄 Julia Koblitz's paper on making genome-based phenotypic trait predictions based on high-quality BacDive data and integrating predicted data into the database 🧬🖥️🦠.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets - Communications Biology
Machine learning models link bacterial genomic features to key phenotypic traits using curated data from BacDive, enabling high-confidence predictions and expanding phenotype annotations across thousa...
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🤩 Now published:
📄 Julia Koblitz's paper on making genome-based phenotypic trait predictions based on high-quality BacDive data and integrating predicted data into the database 🧬🖥️🦠.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
📄 Julia Koblitz's paper on making genome-based phenotypic trait predictions based on high-quality BacDive data and integrating predicted data into the database 🧬🖥️🦠.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
A new look for BacDive 🖥️🦠!
We are excited to introduce the new BacDive design✨ and now invite all users to try it out. Tell us what you think, we look forward to your feedback!
You can find it at 👉 beta.bacdive.dsmz.de or by clicking the red “New Design” button on every BacDive page.
We are excited to introduce the new BacDive design✨ and now invite all users to try it out. Tell us what you think, we look forward to your feedback!
You can find it at 👉 beta.bacdive.dsmz.de or by clicking the red “New Design” button on every BacDive page.
May 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A new look for BacDive 🖥️🦠!
We are excited to introduce the new BacDive design✨ and now invite all users to try it out. Tell us what you think, we look forward to your feedback!
You can find it at 👉 beta.bacdive.dsmz.de or by clicking the red “New Design” button on every BacDive page.
We are excited to introduce the new BacDive design✨ and now invite all users to try it out. Tell us what you think, we look forward to your feedback!
You can find it at 👉 beta.bacdive.dsmz.de or by clicking the red “New Design” button on every BacDive page.
New genome-based predictions 🧬🖥️ generated using a deepG GenomeNet model were recently added to BacDive 🦠.
33,913 predictions for Gram stain, motility, oxygen tolerance and spore formation with high confidence could be fully integrated into the strain data.
👉 bacdive.dsmz.de/news
👉 deepg.de
33,913 predictions for Gram stain, motility, oxygen tolerance and spore formation with high confidence could be fully integrated into the strain data.
👉 bacdive.dsmz.de/news
👉 deepg.de
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New genome-based predictions 🧬🖥️ generated using a deepG GenomeNet model were recently added to BacDive 🦠.
33,913 predictions for Gram stain, motility, oxygen tolerance and spore formation with high confidence could be fully integrated into the strain data.
👉 bacdive.dsmz.de/news
👉 deepg.de
33,913 predictions for Gram stain, motility, oxygen tolerance and spore formation with high confidence could be fully integrated into the strain data.
👉 bacdive.dsmz.de/news
👉 deepg.de
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We had a great @vaam-microbes.bsky.social #VAAM2025 🦠 in Bochum!
We loved getting to talk to so many of you about our databases. 🤩💬
See you next year! ✨
We loved getting to talk to so many of you about our databases. 🤩💬
See you next year! ✨
March 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
We had a great @vaam-microbes.bsky.social #VAAM2025 🦠 in Bochum!
We loved getting to talk to so many of you about our databases. 🤩💬
See you next year! ✨
We loved getting to talk to so many of you about our databases. 🤩💬
See you next year! ✨
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Just two weeks until #VAAM2025 🦠🤩
Meet us at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth 👋 or at the following posters and talks 👩🏫:
Poster P-CM-103 (Monday): #BacDive
Poster P-MDE-143 (Monday): #LPSN
Poster P-OT-346 (Tuesday): #SILVA
Presentation (Monday lunch symposium): #StrainInfo
Meet us at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth 👋 or at the following posters and talks 👩🏫:
Poster P-CM-103 (Monday): #BacDive
Poster P-MDE-143 (Monday): #LPSN
Poster P-OT-346 (Tuesday): #SILVA
Presentation (Monday lunch symposium): #StrainInfo
March 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just two weeks until #VAAM2025 🦠🤩
Meet us at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth 👋 or at the following posters and talks 👩🏫:
Poster P-CM-103 (Monday): #BacDive
Poster P-MDE-143 (Monday): #LPSN
Poster P-OT-346 (Tuesday): #SILVA
Presentation (Monday lunch symposium): #StrainInfo
Meet us at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth 👋 or at the following posters and talks 👩🏫:
Poster P-CM-103 (Monday): #BacDive
Poster P-MDE-143 (Monday): #LPSN
Poster P-OT-346 (Tuesday): #SILVA
Presentation (Monday lunch symposium): #StrainInfo
Read the newest @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social newsletter 📄🌱🦠🦋 featuring #BacDive and @dsmzd3.bsky.social!
📰❄️ Here it is, #LeibnizBiodiv’s winter newsletter: bit.ly/3QOEyy1! This edition explores how #digitisation is shaping biodiversity research through insights from our network members. 🌍📊 Featured this time: @dsmz.bsky.social & @zalf.bsky.social! 🌱🦠🚀
March 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Read the newest @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social newsletter 📄🌱🦠🦋 featuring #BacDive and @dsmzd3.bsky.social!
Sneak peek 👀🤫
There is a new BacDive layout in the making 🤩. Who is excited to try it out soon? 🖥️🦠
There is a new BacDive layout in the making 🤩. Who is excited to try it out soon? 🖥️🦠
February 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Sneak peek 👀🤫
There is a new BacDive layout in the making 🤩. Who is excited to try it out soon? 🖥️🦠
There is a new BacDive layout in the making 🤩. Who is excited to try it out soon? 🖥️🦠
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BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
The new @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠 publication reports on recent updates in content and functionalities.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
The new @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠 publication reports on recent updates in content and functionalities.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
Abstract. In 2025, the bacterial diversity database BacDive is the leading database for strain-level bacterial and archaeal information. It has been select
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
The new @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠 publication reports on recent updates in content and functionalities.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
The new @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠 publication reports on recent updates in content and functionalities.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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🎄The DSMZ Digital Diversity team wishes you a happy holiday season and a very good start to 2025! ✨
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 AM
🎄The DSMZ Digital Diversity team wishes you a happy holiday season and a very good start to 2025! ✨
❗The 2024 BacDive release is now online❗
New strains from the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social catalogue, new data provided by DSMZ curators, and information on type strains of newly described species were added to the database. 🦠
BacDive now contains 2,709,516 data points on 99,392 strains!
New strains from the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social catalogue, new data provided by DSMZ curators, and information on type strains of newly described species were added to the database. 🦠
BacDive now contains 2,709,516 data points on 99,392 strains!
December 17, 2024 at 2:24 PM
❗The 2024 BacDive release is now online❗
New strains from the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social catalogue, new data provided by DSMZ curators, and information on type strains of newly described species were added to the database. 🦠
BacDive now contains 2,709,516 data points on 99,392 strains!
New strains from the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social catalogue, new data provided by DSMZ curators, and information on type strains of newly described species were added to the database. 🦠
BacDive now contains 2,709,516 data points on 99,392 strains!
Our colleagues described 28 new bacterial species 🦠and named them all after female microbiologists 👩🔬. Read more in the press release linked below 👇 and also check out @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social's social media Christmas calendar introducing the honored scientists and the bacteria named after them.
DSMZ researchers characterized and named 28 actinomycetes with inhibiting effects against other microbes. Honouring the impact of female scientists, they named the newly described bacteria exclusively after #womeninscience.
👉 tinyurl.com/3uhs8ypc
#biodiversity #antibiotics #microbes
📷 DSMZ
👉 tinyurl.com/3uhs8ypc
#biodiversity #antibiotics #microbes
📷 DSMZ
New antibiotic producers described: Old DSMZ treasures with new potential
Researchers name newly described bacteria exclusively after female scientists
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December 13, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Our colleagues described 28 new bacterial species 🦠and named them all after female microbiologists 👩🔬. Read more in the press release linked below 👇 and also check out @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social's social media Christmas calendar introducing the honored scientists and the bacteria named after them.
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November 15, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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‼️ Are you free today 2-4 PM CET? It's not too late to join our online workshop 👨💻🧪🦠!
Just send us an email at ✉️ training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details!
@nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #FAIRdata #databases #biology #DSMZDigitalDiversity
Just send us an email at ✉️ training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details!
@nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #FAIRdata #databases #biology #DSMZDigitalDiversity
This year's workshop will take place on 11th November 2024, 2 - 4 PM CET online!
Join us for updates on the #DSMZDigitalDiversity infrastructure 🖥️, @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, #BRENDA 🧪, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, #SILVA 🧬, and more.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details.
Join us for updates on the #DSMZDigitalDiversity infrastructure 🖥️, @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, #BRENDA 🧪, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, #SILVA 🧬, and more.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details.
November 11, 2024 at 7:48 AM
‼️ Are you free today 2-4 PM CET? It's not too late to join our online workshop 👨💻🧪🦠!
Just send us an email at ✉️ training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details!
@nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #FAIRdata #databases #biology #DSMZDigitalDiversity
Just send us an email at ✉️ training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details!
@nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #FAIRdata #databases #biology #DSMZDigitalDiversity
New BacDive publication is out 📄
Read about all news and updates of BacDive 🦠, the leading database for prokaryotic strain data! 2.6 million data points on 97,334 strains, a new SPARQL ✨ endpoint, genome-based predictions 🖥️🧬 and more.
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science 🧪 #databases #FAIRdata
Read about all news and updates of BacDive 🦠, the leading database for prokaryotic strain data! 2.6 million data points on 97,334 strains, a new SPARQL ✨ endpoint, genome-based predictions 🖥️🧬 and more.
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science 🧪 #databases #FAIRdata
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
Abstract. In 2025, the bacterial diversity database BacDive is the leading database for strain-level bacterial and archaeal information. It has been select
academic.oup.com
November 4, 2024 at 9:25 AM
New BacDive publication is out 📄
Read about all news and updates of BacDive 🦠, the leading database for prokaryotic strain data! 2.6 million data points on 97,334 strains, a new SPARQL ✨ endpoint, genome-based predictions 🖥️🧬 and more.
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science 🧪 #databases #FAIRdata
Read about all news and updates of BacDive 🦠, the leading database for prokaryotic strain data! 2.6 million data points on 97,334 strains, a new SPARQL ✨ endpoint, genome-based predictions 🖥️🧬 and more.
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science 🧪 #databases #FAIRdata
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This year's workshop will take place on 11th November 2024, 2 - 4 PM CET online!
Join us for updates on the #DSMZDigitalDiversity infrastructure 🖥️, @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, #BRENDA 🧪, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, #SILVA 🧬, and more.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details.
Join us for updates on the #DSMZDigitalDiversity infrastructure 🖥️, @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, #BRENDA 🧪, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, #SILVA 🧬, and more.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details.
October 30, 2024 at 3:25 PM
This year's workshop will take place on 11th November 2024, 2 - 4 PM CET online!
Join us for updates on the #DSMZDigitalDiversity infrastructure 🖥️, @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, #BRENDA 🧪, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, #SILVA 🧬, and more.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details.
Join us for updates on the #DSMZDigitalDiversity infrastructure 🖥️, @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, #BRENDA 🧪, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, #SILVA 🧬, and more.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details.
BacDive🦠 is the featured Global Core Biodata Resource of the week❗ Read more in the Global Biodata Coalition's article.
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science #FAIRdata #databases
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science #FAIRdata #databases
BacDive
What kind of data does this resource provide ? The Bacterial Diversity Database BacDive is the worldwide largest database for standardised bacterial information. Its mission is to mobilise and integra...
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October 28, 2024 at 8:08 AM
BacDive🦠 is the featured Global Core Biodata Resource of the week❗ Read more in the Global Biodata Coalition's article.
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science #FAIRdata #databases
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science #FAIRdata #databases
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⚠️ Due to scheduled maintenance work on the DSMZ network infrastructure, our databases 🖥️(including @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, BRENDA ⚗️ and SILVA 🧬) may experience interruptions and outages on 26th and 27th October 🚧.
October 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
⚠️ Due to scheduled maintenance work on the DSMZ network infrastructure, our databases 🖥️(including @bacdive.bsky.social 🦠, @lpsn.bsky.social 🌱, BRENDA ⚗️ and SILVA 🧬) may experience interruptions and outages on 26th and 27th October 🚧.
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🎉 Clara Rolland's paper introducing our newest database was just published in #NucleicAcidsResearch 🤩
PhageDive: the comprehensive strain database of prokaryotic viral diversity 👉 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #phagesky #FAIRdata 🖥️🧬🧫🧪
PhageDive: the comprehensive strain database of prokaryotic viral diversity 👉 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #phagesky #FAIRdata 🖥️🧬🧫🧪
PhageDive: the comprehensive strain database of prokaryotic viral diversity
Abstract. Prokaryotic viruses represent the most diverse and abundant biological entities on Earth. So far, data on bacteriophages are not standardized, no
academic.oup.com
October 7, 2024 at 1:10 PM
🎉 Clara Rolland's paper introducing our newest database was just published in #NucleicAcidsResearch 🤩
PhageDive: the comprehensive strain database of prokaryotic viral diversity 👉 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #phagesky #FAIRdata 🖥️🧬🧫🧪
PhageDive: the comprehensive strain database of prokaryotic viral diversity 👉 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social #phagesky #FAIRdata 🖥️🧬🧫🧪
📣 Introducing the new BacDive knowledge graph 🦠💡, which contains more than 16.5 million triples representing so far 26 BacDive entities and can be accessed through a SPARQL ✨ endpoint.
🔗 sparql.dsmz.de/bacdive
#opendata #DSMZDigitalDiversity #databases 🧪🖥️🧬
🔗 sparql.dsmz.de/bacdive
#opendata #DSMZDigitalDiversity #databases 🧪🖥️🧬
September 16, 2024 at 1:10 PM
📣 Introducing the new BacDive knowledge graph 🦠💡, which contains more than 16.5 million triples representing so far 26 BacDive entities and can be accessed through a SPARQL ✨ endpoint.
🔗 sparql.dsmz.de/bacdive
#opendata #DSMZDigitalDiversity #databases 🧪🖥️🧬
🔗 sparql.dsmz.de/bacdive
#opendata #DSMZDigitalDiversity #databases 🧪🖥️🧬
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🌿 Save the date!
👩🏫On Tuesday, 17th September 11 am, Julia Koblitz, Head of Team Data Integration will present our Digital Diversity Hub 🖥️ during the #NFDI4Biodiversity BiodiversiTea 🌱🦠🐀 lecture (in German 🇩🇪)!
Further information and registration 🖊️:
www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/events/bi...
👩🏫On Tuesday, 17th September 11 am, Julia Koblitz, Head of Team Data Integration will present our Digital Diversity Hub 🖥️ during the #NFDI4Biodiversity BiodiversiTea 🌱🦠🐀 lecture (in German 🇩🇪)!
Further information and registration 🖊️:
www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/events/bi...
September 10, 2024 at 7:14 AM
🌿 Save the date!
👩🏫On Tuesday, 17th September 11 am, Julia Koblitz, Head of Team Data Integration will present our Digital Diversity Hub 🖥️ during the #NFDI4Biodiversity BiodiversiTea 🌱🦠🐀 lecture (in German 🇩🇪)!
Further information and registration 🖊️:
www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/events/bi...
👩🏫On Tuesday, 17th September 11 am, Julia Koblitz, Head of Team Data Integration will present our Digital Diversity Hub 🖥️ during the #NFDI4Biodiversity BiodiversiTea 🌱🦠🐀 lecture (in German 🇩🇪)!
Further information and registration 🖊️:
www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/events/bi...