❗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!
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.
❓How much data is in BacDive?
👉BacDive currently contains ✨more than 3 million✨ distinct data points, which describe 101,417 prokaryotic strains 🦠 of 22,480 different species 🧫.
👉BacDive currently contains ✨more than 3 million✨ distinct data points, which describe 101,417 prokaryotic strains 🦠 of 22,480 different species 🧫.
July 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
❓How much data is in BacDive?
👉BacDive currently contains ✨more than 3 million✨ distinct data points, which describe 101,417 prokaryotic strains 🦠 of 22,480 different species 🧫.
👉BacDive currently contains ✨more than 3 million✨ distinct data points, which describe 101,417 prokaryotic strains 🦠 of 22,480 different species 🧫.
🥳 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
🧫 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
May 15, 2024 at 11:55 AM
🥳 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
🧫 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
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/...
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.
🎉🥳 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.
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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.
🎉🥳 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.
📣 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 🧪🖥️🧬
📣BacDive API Update
Version 2 for the BacDive API endpoints ⌨️ has been introduced due to changes in the structure of the Genome Sequences data.
‼️We recommend migrating as new data added in latest, and upcoming, releases is only available through the BacDive API v2!
👉 api.bacdive.dsmz.de
Version 2 for the BacDive API endpoints ⌨️ has been introduced due to changes in the structure of the Genome Sequences data.
‼️We recommend migrating as new data added in latest, and upcoming, releases is only available through the BacDive API v2!
👉 api.bacdive.dsmz.de
api.bacdive.dsmz.de
February 18, 2026 at 12:26 PM
📣BacDive API Update
Version 2 for the BacDive API endpoints ⌨️ has been introduced due to changes in the structure of the Genome Sequences data.
‼️We recommend migrating as new data added in latest, and upcoming, releases is only available through the BacDive API v2!
👉 api.bacdive.dsmz.de
Version 2 for the BacDive API endpoints ⌨️ has been introduced due to changes in the structure of the Genome Sequences data.
‼️We recommend migrating as new data added in latest, and upcoming, releases is only available through the BacDive API v2!
👉 api.bacdive.dsmz.de
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
🤩 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...
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!
Read more: bacdive.dsmz.de/news
The BacDive team wishes everyone a happy holiday season and a good start to the new year!
December 21, 2023 at 9:50 AM
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!
Read more: bacdive.dsmz.de/news
The BacDive team wishes everyone a happy holiday season and a good start to the new year!
🧬 #BacDive is also taking a long-awaited leap into the world of genomics with the debut of a genome browser 🔎🖥️.
For the first time, BacDive now displays genomic information. The genome browser feature lists and visualizes #Bakta annotations of #INSDC genome assemblies.
For the first time, BacDive now displays genomic information. The genome browser feature lists and visualizes #Bakta annotations of #INSDC genome assemblies.
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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
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
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs
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
October 29, 2024 at 12:58 PM
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs
New tutorial online: How to use APIs to automatically retrieve data from the DSMZ Digital Diversity databases #StrainInfo, #BacDive and #MediaDive
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcq5G9xtbk
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #biodiversity #database #data #research #taxonomy #metadata
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcq5G9xtbk
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #biodiversity #database #data #research #taxonomy #metadata
StrainInfo, MediaDive and BacDive - Web services online workshop
An introduction to the APIs/web services of StrainInfo, MediaDive and BacDive.00:00 Introduction01:05 StrainInfo13:34 BacDive26:40 MediaDiveThe Python code s...
www.youtube.com
April 22, 2024 at 6:32 AM
New tutorial online: How to use APIs to automatically retrieve data from the DSMZ Digital Diversity databases #StrainInfo, #BacDive and #MediaDive
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcq5G9xtbk
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #biodiversity #database #data #research #taxonomy #metadata
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcq5G9xtbk
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #biodiversity #database #data #research #taxonomy #metadata
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.
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
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! ✨
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? 🖥️🦠
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
Hi new Bluesky users!
We are #DSMZDigitalDiversity and we are 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 Digital Diversity Hub🖥️.
We are #DSMZDigitalDiversity and we are 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 Digital Diversity Hub🖥️.
November 13, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Hi new Bluesky users!
We are #DSMZDigitalDiversity and we are 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 Digital Diversity Hub🖥️.
We are #DSMZDigitalDiversity and we are 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 Digital Diversity Hub🖥️.
The worldwide largest database for standardized bacterial information BacDive surpasses 100,000 strain mark!...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The worldwide largest database for standardized bacterial information BacDive surpasses 100,000 strain mark!...
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🆕 #BacDive feature update:
In addition to #Bakta annotations, the #GenomeBrowser 🧬🖥️ now also visualizes resistance genes annotated with #CARD-RGI 🧫, virulence factors annotated with #VFDB 💉and biosynthetic gene clusters annotated with @antismash.bsky.social 🧪.
In addition to #Bakta annotations, the #GenomeBrowser 🧬🖥️ now also visualizes resistance genes annotated with #CARD-RGI 🧫, virulence factors annotated with #VFDB 💉and biosynthetic gene clusters annotated with @antismash.bsky.social 🧪.
September 10, 2026 at 12:27 PM
🆕 #BacDive feature update:
In addition to #Bakta annotations, the #GenomeBrowser 🧬🖥️ now also visualizes resistance genes annotated with #CARD-RGI 🧫, virulence factors annotated with #VFDB 💉and biosynthetic gene clusters annotated with @antismash.bsky.social 🧪.
In addition to #Bakta annotations, the #GenomeBrowser 🧬🖥️ now also visualizes resistance genes annotated with #CARD-RGI 🧫, virulence factors annotated with #VFDB 💉and biosynthetic gene clusters annotated with @antismash.bsky.social 🧪.
✨With this update, #BacDive additionally receives a new look 🖥️.
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.
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.
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
✨With this update, #BacDive additionally receives a new look 🖥️.
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.
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.