Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information.

ABSTRACT: Cultivation in the laboratory is essential for understanding the phenotypic characteristics and environmental preferences of bacteria. However, basic phenotypic information is not readily accessible. Here, we compiled phenotypic and environmental tolerance information for >5,000 bacterial strains described in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM) with all information made publicly available in an updatable database. Although the data span 23 different bacterial phyla, most entries described aerobic, mesophilic, neutrophilic strains from Proteobacteria (mainly Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria), Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes isolated from soils, marine habitats, and plants. Most of the routinely measured traits tended to show a significan

SUBMITTER: Barberan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541158 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature