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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A new look for LPSN 📖🦠! We are excited to introduce the new LPSN website✨, which adopts the shared #DSMZDigitalDiversity design. Try it out! We are looking forward to your feedback! 👉 lpsn.dsmz.de

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BRENDA Enzyme Database @brenda-enzymes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This week, members of the BRENDA team (@dsmzd3) will attend the Beilstein STRENDA Commission Meeting in Rüdesheim. We look forward to discussions on high-quality, standardized and reproducible enzyme data – and to exchanging ideas with the international community. #STRENDA #Enzymology #FAIRData

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🆕 #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 🧪.

Screenshot of the new version of the genome browser

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🆕 BacDive #GeneSearch 🔎🧬: Find the strains containing a feature of interest❗ You can now use the new BacDive GeneSearch tool to globally search through the annotated genomic features of 19,597 prokaryotic strains 🦠🖥️. 👉 bacdive.dsmz.de/genesearch

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Congratulations 🎉 to the #SILVA team on the publication of this greatly anticipated release 🧬🖥️ for prokaryotic SSU 🦠! For all details, read the full release announcement linked below 👇

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🎉We are thrilled that #StrainInfo 🧫 and all other #NFDI4Microbiota services will continue to be funded through @nfdi.de until the end of 2028! The work plan for the second funding phase also includes new developments for #MediaDive 🧪 and #BacDive 🦠. Stay tuned for exciting things to come ✨

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SILVA @arb-silva.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

SILVA has reached an exciting milestone - 50,000 citations on Google Scholar! 🥳🎉🎓 A big thank you to all of our users! 🧡 Now lets get to 100k…🧐

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

ℹ️DSMZ Digital Diversity is a consortium of ten integrated biological databases 🖥️🧬 that are provided by @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social🧫 and are of high relevance to life science research🔬, with four of them having been named #ELIXIR and #GlobalBiodata core resources. Which of our databases do you use?

Graphic showing the logos of the databases making up DSMZ Digital Diversity.

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

❓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 🧫.

An infographic describing how many data points for different categories BacDive contains.

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🇫🇷 🇪🇺 Last week we attended @elixir-europe.org All Hands Meeting in Lyon to present our resources and talk about all things data. Did you know that four of our databases, BacDive 🦠, BRENDA 🧪, LPSN 📑, and SILVA 🧬, are ✨ ELIXIR Core Data Resources ✨? 👉 elixir-europe.org/platforms/da...

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

📢 The BacDive summer release is online! What is new: 🔹 Updated information on strains available in the Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC) 🦠 and a new JMRC Special Collection 🔹Recalculated BacteriaNet genome-based predictions 🧬 🖥 🔹Links to Enterobase 🧫 👉 bacdive.dsmz.de/news/41

Screenshot of a strain header showing links to the new JMRC collection and to Enterobase

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

That's another @dsmzd3.bsky.social Expert Committee Meeting in the books. This year we hosted it at the #BRICS 🧪🖥, where our #BRENDA and #DataIntegration teams are located. ✨️ Lots of thanks to our advisors for two days of fruitful discussions and constructive feedback!

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

👉 Join the #StrainInfo 🧫 breakout session at the 8th #NFDI4Microbiota 🦠 Community Workshop to chat with the developers about your questions, needs, and ideas ⁉️💡 We look forward to meeting you!

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NFDI4Microbiota @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

👋 We had a successful and fun conference at #vaam2026 together with our partners and collaborators @denbi.bsky.social and @dsmzd3.bsky.social ! 🙏 Thanks to all our booth visitors for the interesting questions and thought-provoking discussions. See you soon at other events: tinyurl.com/2endbz9v

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to talk to us at #VAAM2026 🦠🙋‍♂️. We loved answering your questions and hearing your feedback and ideas 🤩. See you next time!

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de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany @denbi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

@denbi.bsky.social on Stage at @vaam-microbes.bsky.social: @oschwengers.bsky.social and Isabel Schober (@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social) presented our services Baktfold, @bacdive.bsky.social and StrainInfo

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📢 New #DSMZCellDive release 2026.03 #DSMZCellDive now includes metabolic pathways from #BRENDA 🧪 associated with human enzyme encoding genes. To visualize expression in specific cell lines, genes can now be selected by pathway. 👉 celldive.dsmz.de/pathways

Screenshot of the new DSMZCellDive pathway selection

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Just two weeks until #VAAM2026 🦠🤩! You can hear about our work at the following talk and posters: 🔷 #StrainRegistry Talk SL-CM-08, Monday 12:30, Lecture Hall D 🔷 #LPSN, Poster P-MBE-002, Monday 🔷 #TYGS, Poster P-MBE-010, Tuesday 🔷 #MetabolicPathways, Poster P-CM-015, Tuesday

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🆕 #BRENDA Release 2026.1 is now online! It Includes 124 new and 750 updated enzyme classes 🧪. 👉 www.brenda-enzymes.org

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BRENDA Enzyme Database

BRENDA - The Comprehensive Enzyme Information System

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

📣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

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

💬“LPSN is a key source of information on the nomenclature of prokaryotes and associated data – it helps researchers stay informed about the constantly proposed new bacterial names.” #LPSN 🦠 is our newest #ELIXIR core data resource 🥳. If you are not using it yet, check it out now 👉 lpsn.dsmz.de

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

📣New database resource📣 We are delighted to announce a new addition to #DSMZDigitalDiversity. Together with the #PlantVirology Department at @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social, we have developed a new tool dedicated to plant viruses.🌱🦠 The 1st prototype of PVDive is now available online! 👉 pvdive.dsmz.de

Try out our new plant virus resource PVDive!

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🥳 #LPSN has been selected as an ELIXIR Core Data Resource! 🎉 LPSN, which provides comprehensive information on the nomenclature of prokaryotes, is now recognized by @elixir-europe.org as one of Europe’s major life science data services. 👉 elixir-europe.org/news/CDR-sel...

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New Core Data Resources and Deposition Databases | ELIXIR

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️ The scientific lead 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 🦠🧪

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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.

BacDive is celebrating surpassing the 100,000 strain mark!

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

✨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 first BacDive website in 2012 and the current design.

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🧬 #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.

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de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany @denbi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We are de.NBI & ELIXIR-DE, came together for our All Hands 2025! #deNBI2025 #ELIXIRDE #AllHands

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

📣 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

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🧬🖥️SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity 📑The new publication about the #SILVA database for the #NAR database issue is now online. 👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

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SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity

Abstract. Since 2007, the SILVA database (https://www.arb-silva.de/) has served as a comprehensive resource providing quality-checked, aligned, and classif

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

📣 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 contact@arb-silva.de to receive the Zoom login details #science #FAIRdata 🧫🧪

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Many thanks to @elixir-europe.org for an incredibly productive week at #BioHackEU25 🖥️: full of learning, new collaborations, and plenty of fun on top!

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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 training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.

Agenda:
1. Introduction
2. The new website design
3. The new genome browser

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🚨Check out the new #BRENDA 🧪 publication in #NAR🧬🖥️!

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

📑In collaboration with #LPSN, the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes has compiled a list of recommended names for bacteria of medical importance 🧫⚕️. Follow the link to read the report. 🔗https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.006943

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The Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature was recently established under the auspices of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes to address the impact of...

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BRENDA Enzyme Database @brenda-enzymes.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Thank you, #Global Biodata Coalition for the organization, to give us the opportunity to get to know the other GCBRs, including inspiring discussions, new ideas and that we all are facing similar challenges. We, #Bacdive, #SILVA, and #BRENDA from the @dsmzd3.bsky.social had a great time here.

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NFDI4Microbiota @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

That’s a wrap! 🎉 The NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 ended with inspiring keynotes, exciting panels, engaging posters & workshops – and above all, a strong community spirit. 🙏 Huge thanks to all participants and our community for 3 days of knowledge-sharing and collaboration.

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NFDI4Microbiota @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🚀 NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 – Day 1 & 2! Highlights included: 🎤 A thought-provoking keynote by Alexandre Smirnov 💬 A lively panel discussion on bridging lab practices and scientific publishing 🤝 Engaging networking and community exchange session. Stay tuner for day 3!

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🖥️ New design for #SILVA #SILVA 🧬 joined @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social 🧫 and the @dsmzd3.bsky.social in 2023. This is now also visible on the redesigned website 🖌️, which has been restructured reorganized in a first step towards an improved and modernized #SILVA! Try it out at www.arb-silva.de

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BRENDA Enzyme Database @brenda-enzymes.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

BRENDA SPARQL Endpoint A first prototype of a knowledge graph has been released and is now accessible through a newly established SPARQL endpoint: lnkd.in/eg_ZfTMY The graph is based on the @dsmzd3.bsky.social Ontology and currently supports integration efforts within the @dsmzd3.bsky.social Hub.

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BRENDA Enzyme Database @brenda-enzymes.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

A new BRENDA Pathway Summary Page has been developed, accessible via links on enzyme and ligand summary pages as well as through the overview map. Each page organizes key information into distinct tabs for clarity and ease of use. An example is the Entner–Doudoroff pathway. @dsmzd3.bsky.social

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DSMZ Digital Diversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Thanks for a great #ECCOXLIII @westerdijkinst.bsky.social 🍄‍🟫. We enjoyed meeting colleagues from culture collections around Europe 🧫🇪🇺 On tuesday, Lorenz Reimer presented the upcoming Strain Discovery Database 🖥 that is being developed within the #Bioindustry4.0 project.

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BacDive @bacdive.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

📆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 training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.

Join our online workshop on 24 November 2025 at 3 pm CET. Email training@bacdive.de for further information!

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Beilstein-Institut @beilstein-institut.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Opening of day#3 of the #BeilsteinEnzymology2025 Symposium with the talk by Antje Jäde on the #BRENDA enzyme database. It is now incorporated in the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de DSMZ Digital Diversity hub. Great to see BRENDA on safe tracks.

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