title: Web resources for microbial data.
abstract: There are multitudes of web resources that are quite useful for the microbial scientific research community. Here, we provide a brief introduction on some of the most notable microbial web resources and an evaluation of them based upon our own user experience.
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Qinglan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Linhuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Quanhe
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Jianyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Information Network Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. Electronic address: ma@im.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Juncai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D064307:Microbiota / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Bioinformatics tools; Microorganism; Rating; Web resource