Fan Guomei, Sun Qinglan, Sun Yan, Liu Dongmei, Li Shiwen, Li Min, Chen Qi, Wang Fang, Moriya Ohkuma, Itoh Takashi, Kawasaki Hiroko, Yu Yajing, Cai Man, Kim Song-Gun, Lee Jung-Sook, Ma Juncai, Wu Linhuan
Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jan 6;53(D1):D763-D771. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae1057.
Microbial culture collections play a crucial role in the collection, maintenance, and distribution of quality-assured living microbial strains, along with their associated phenotypic and omics data. To enhance the find-able, accessible, interoperable, and re-usable (FAIR) data utilization of microbial resources, the World Data Center for Microorganisms (WDCM) has developed the Global Catalogue of Microorganisms (GCM) and the Global Catalogue of Type Strains (gcType). These platforms provide interactive interfaces for cataloging the holdings of collections, along with detailed annotations of type strain genomes and curated metadata, including ecosystems, growth conditions, and collection locations. The system maximizes the scientific impact of microbial resources and culture collections through an integrated data mining tool that links strain- and species-related information from various public resources. Currently, the GCM and gcType include 574 422 strains from 154 culture collections across 51 countries and regions, along with 25 980 genomes from type species. Additionally, 2 702 655 articles and 103 337 patents are integrated with these microbial resources. The system supports microbial taxonomic research and provides evidence for implementing the Nagoya Protocol in the field of microbial resources and their digital sequence information (DSI). Access is freely available at gcm.wdcm.org and gctype.wdcm.org.
微生物培养物保藏中心在优质活微生物菌株及其相关表型和组学数据的收集、保藏和分发方面发挥着关键作用。为提高微生物资源的可查找、可访问、可互操作和可重复使用（FAIR）数据的利用率，世界微生物数据中心（WDCM）开发了全球微生物目录（GCM）和全球模式菌株目录（gcType）。这些平台提供交互式界面，用于编目保藏中心的藏品，并提供模式菌株基因组的详细注释以及经过整理的元数据，包括生态系统、生长条件和保藏地点。该系统通过一个集成的数据挖掘工具，将来自各种公共资源的与菌株和物种相关的信息联系起来，从而最大限度地提高微生物资源和培养物保藏中心的科学影响力。目前，GCM和gcType包含来自51个国家和地区154个培养物保藏中心的574422株菌株，以及来自模式物种的25980个基因组。此外，还有2702655篇文章和103337项专利与这些微生物资源整合在一起。该系统支持微生物分类学研究，并为在微生物资源及其数字序列信息（DSI）领域实施《名古屋议定书》提供证据。可在gcm.wdcm.org和gctype.wdcm.org上免费访问。
