Example screenshot of the new BacDIve documentation showing explanations on API tests
Would you like to know how to best search BacDive for strains ๐ฆ , browse through genomes ๐งฌ, read API test results ๐งช, or use the web services ๐ฅ๏ธ?
Check out the new BacDive documentation ๐โจ
๐ hub.dsmz.de/wiki/bacdive...
A new version of the BacDive๐ฆ API Python๐ client, which uses the new endpoints and does not require username and password is already available at pypi.org/project/bacd....
๐๏ธ๐งซ Additionally, from February 2026, registration through the DSMZ Keycloak server is not required anymore to use the BacDive API. Our API is now freely accessible ๐ - no sign-up, no account needed ๐.
๐ฃBacDive API Update
Version 2 for the BacDive API endpoints โจ๏ธ has been introduced due to changes in the structure of the Genome Sequences data.
โผ๏ธWe recommend migrating as new data added in latest, and upcoming, releases is only available through the BacDive API v2!
๐ api.bacdive.dsmz.de
The new genome browser tool.
๐งฌ #BacDive is also taking a long-awaited leap into the world of genomics with the debut of a genome browser ๐๐ฅ๏ธ.
For the first time, BacDive now displays genomic information. The genome browser feature lists and visualizes #Bakta annotations of #INSDC genome assemblies.
The first BacDive website in 2012 and the current design.
โจWith this update, #BacDive additionally receives a new look ๐ฅ๏ธ.
The new website, which had been in beta test phase for the last six months, adopts the shared modern design of @dsmzd3.bsky.social, which offers users an intuitive navigation and more clearly structured strain detail pages.
BacDive is celebrating surpassing the 100,000 strain mark!
The 2025 #BacDive ๐ฆ release is now online.
๐๐ฅณ The database now contains information on more than 100,000 strains ๐งซ.
For this update, new data provided by @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social and information on type strains of newly described species from the #LPSN database were added.
This year's #SILVA ๐งฌ online workshop will take place on ๐๏ธ 11th December, at 3pm CET.
๐ฃ Workshop announcement: This year's #SILVA ๐งฌ online workshop will take place on ๐๏ธ 11th December, at 3pm CET.
The #SILVA team will inform about the upcoming release, the new website design ๐ฅ๏ธ, and more!
Write to contact@arb-silva.de to receive the Zoom login details
#science #FAIRdata ๐งซ๐งช
Most microbial diversity is uncultured. metaTraits bridges the gap by combining culture-based trait data (@bacdive.bsky.social, @bvbrc.bsky.social, JGI/GOLD/IMG) with predictions for MAGs and genomes (SPIRE, proGenomes). All trait summaries come with provenance and links to their original data. 4/8
We're excited to release metaTraits.embl.de! ๐ฆ Interactively explore 140+ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐, harmonized & integrated from culture-derived collections ๐ฌ & genome-based predictions ๐งฌ for >2M MAGs & genomes.
Publication at NAR: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... @narjournal.bsky.social #microsky ๐งต 1/8
๐ฃ Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database ๐งฌ๐ฅ๏ธ
๐ฃ Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database ๐งฌ๐ฅ๏ธ
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy๐ณand more!
๐ www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share โผ๏ธ
#sciencejobs ๐ฆ ๐งช #career #taxonomy
Agenda: 1. Introduction 2. The new website design 3. The new genome browser
This year's #BacDive workshop will take place on 24th November 2025, 3 - 5 PM CET online!
We are especially looking forward to the opportunity to answer your questions, and hear your feedback and ideas. ๐ฆ ๐งฌ.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details ๐ฅ๏ธ.
Hope to see you all there!
@nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social @denbi.bsky.social @elixir-europe.org @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
Join our online workshop on 24 November 2025 at 3 pm CET. Email training@bacdive.de for further information!
๐Save the date. ๐ 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 ๐ฆ ๐งฌ.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details ๐ฅ๏ธ.
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
Isabel from the BacDive Team will be at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth at #FEMS2025 ๐ฆ to answer your questions on #DSMZDigitalDiversity ๐ฅ๏ธ๐งฌ databases.
๐คฉ Now published:
๐ Julia Koblitz's paper on making genome-based phenotypic trait predictions based on high-quality BacDive data and integrating predicted data into the database ๐งฌ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ฆ .
๐ www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Screenshot of the new BacDive front page.
A new look for BacDive ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ฆ !
We are excited to introduce the new BacDive designโจ 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 ๐ beta.bacdive.dsmz.de or by clicking the red โNew Designโ button on every BacDive page.
Screenshot of the BacDive predictions section. Predictions with over 90% confidence are additionally integrated among experimental data, but marked with an AI icon.
New genome-based predictions ๐งฌ๐ฅ๏ธ generated using a deepG GenomeNet model were recently added to BacDive ๐ฆ .
33,913 predictions for Gram stain, motility, oxygen tolerance and spore formation with high confidence could be fully integrated into the strain data.
๐ bacdive.dsmz.de/news
๐ deepg.de
Isabel with the BacDive poster
Martinique with the SILVA poster
We had a great @vaam-microbes.bsky.social #VAAM2025 ๐ฆ in Bochum!
We loved getting to talk to so many of you about our databases. ๐คฉ๐ฌ
See you next year! โจ
VAAM promotional picture
Just two weeks until #VAAM2025 ๐ฆ ๐คฉ
Meet us at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth ๐ or at the following posters and talks ๐ฉโ๐ซ:
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 ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฆ featuring #BacDive and @dsmzd3.bsky.social!
the new strain page
Sneak peek ๐๐คซ
There is a new BacDive layout in the making ๐คฉ. Who is excited to try it out soon? ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ฆ
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
The new @bacdive.bsky.social ๐ฆ publication reports on recent updates in content and functionalities.
๐ academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Picture showing the DSMZ Digital Diversity Logo with the colors changed to make it look like Christmas tree.
๐The DSMZ Digital Diversity team wishes you a happy holiday season and a very good start to 2025! โจ
The BacDive logo with the text: Total strains: 99,392 Type strains: 21,168
โThe 2024 BacDive release is now onlineโ
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. ๐ฆ
BacDive now contains 2,709,516 data points on 99,392 strains!
Our colleagues described 28 new bacterial species ๐ฆ and named them all after female microbiologists ๐ฉโ๐ฌ. Read more in the press release linked below ๐ and also check out @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social's social media Christmas calendar introducing the honored scientists and the bacteria named after them.
Great list! Could we be added?
Great list! We would love to be added.
