title: BacDive--The Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase in 2016.
abstract: BacDive-the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase (http://bacdive.dsmz.de) provides strain-linked information about bacterial and archaeal biodiversity. The range of data encompasses taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and concomitant environmental conditions as well as molecular biology. The majority of data is manually annotated and curated. Currently (with release 9/2015), BacDive covers 53 978 strains. Newly implemented RESTful web services provide instant access to the content in machine-readable XML and JSON format. Besides an overall increase of data content, BacDive offers new data fields and features, e.g. the search for gene names, plasmids or 16S rRNA in the advanced search, as well as improved linkage of entries to external life science web resources.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany cas11@dsmz.de.
authors.forename: Carola
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Söhngen
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Podstawka
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Boyke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bunk
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gleim
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vetcininova
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Lorenz Christian
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Reimer
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ebeling
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Cezar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pendarovski
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Overmann
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D044822:Biodiversity; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D020407:Internet