The 2025 #BacDive 🦠 release is now online. 🎉🥳 The database now contains information on more than 100,000 strains 🧫. 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.

📣 Workshop announcement: This year's #SILVA 🧬 online workshop will take place on 🗓️ 11th December, at 3pm CET. The #SILVA team will inform about the upcoming release, the new website design 🖥️, and more! Write to [email protected] to receive the Zoom login details #science #FAIRdata 🧫🧪

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! 🦠 Interactively explore 140+ 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀, harmonized & integrated from culture-derived collections 🔬 & genome-based predictions 🧬 for >2M MAGs & genomes. Publication at NAR: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... @narjournal.bsky.social #microsky 🧵 1/8

📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️ You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more! 👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/... Read and share ‼️ #sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy

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. 🦠🧬. Write to [email protected] to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.

📆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 [email protected] to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.

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 🦠 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...

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.

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

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! ✨

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

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? 🖥️🦠

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 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!

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.

Welcome to Bluesky @brenda-enzymes.bsky.social #DSMZDigitalDiversity 🧪🦠🖥️🧬

‼️ Are you free today 2-4 PM CET? It's not too late to join our online workshop 👨‍💻🧪🦠! Just send us an email at ✉️ [email protected] 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

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 [email protected] 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

⚠️ 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 🚧.

🎉 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 🖥️🧬🧫🧪

📣 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 🧪🖥️🧬

🌿 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...

📅 Save the date! 📌This year's #DSMZDigitalDiversity online workshop will take place on 11th November at 2pm CET. It will feature an introduction to the DSMZDigitalDiversity Hub 🖥️ and breakout sessions with the teams of BacDive 🦠 (including StrainInfo and MediaDive), BRENDA ⚗️, LPSN and SILVA 🧬.

We had a great time at #ELIXIR24. It was lovely to meet everyone and we are looking forward to next time!

We are happy to welcome our expert committee to @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social for their first meeting and to have the opportunity to present our databases and plans for the future! We are looking forward to lots of fruitful discussions and feedback! #DSMZDigitalDiversity #databases

🥳 BacDive mini update completed! 🧫 BacDive pages now contain links to the new #PhageDive database for prokaryotic viruses. 🧬New 16S sequences were added to thousands of BacDive strains and small bugs were fixed to improve the BacDive user experience. #DSMZDigitalDiversity

📣 #LPSN and #SILVA have recently joined #BRENDA and @bacdive.bsky.social on the list of Global Core Biodata Resources 🖥️🧬🦠. Read about it here: www.dsmz.de/press/press-... #DSMZDigitalDiversity #biology #openscience #FAIRdata

🖥️ New video tutorial! The recording of our workshop on how to use the web services to automatically retrieve data from #StrainInfo 🧫, #BacDive🦠 and #MediaDive🧪 is now online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcq... #FAIRdata #databases @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social #DSMZDigitalDiversity #biology

🖥️🧪🧬 The Leibniz Institute DSMZ is establishing an integrated suite of scientific databases of fundamental relevance for the life sciences, including BRENDA, SILVA, LPSN and BacDive. Follow this account for updates from the databases and the DSMZ Digital Diversity platform.

The TYGS/LPSN team (like us located at @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social) is looking for a new colleague to work on 🦠 bacterial phylogenomics!

Congratulations to @lpsn.bsky.social 🦠 for becoming a Global Core Biodata Resource 🥳 and welcome to Bluesky!

We will be giving a short introduction to BacDive's new sister database StrainInfo at the NFDI4Microbiota Community Workshop on 5 February 2024. 🧫 🦠 🖥️

The BacDive 2023 winter update is here, featuring 4,080 new strains and more than 700,000 new data fields filled! 🦠🧫 Read more: bacdive.dsmz.de/news The BacDive team wishes everyone a happy holiday season and a good start to the new year!

BacDive has been added to ELIXIR Core Data Resources! #ELIXIRCDRs are European #lifescience data resources that are important to biological and biomedical research and long-term preservation of biological data. Check @ELIXIREurope’s news release: elixir-europe.org/news/resourc...