Paper Info
Title
World data centre for microorganisms: an information infrastructure to explore and utilize preserved microbial strains worldwide.
Abstract
The World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM) was established 50 years ago as the data center of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)-Microbial Resource Center (MIRCEN). WDCM aims to provide integrated information services using big data technology for microbial resource centers and microbiologists all over the world. Here, we provide an overview of WDCM including all of its integrated services. Culture Collections Information Worldwide (CCINFO) provides metadata information on 708 culture collections from 72 countries and regions. Global Catalogue of Microorganism (GCM) gathers strain catalogue information and provides a data retrieval, analysis, and visualization system of microbial resources. Currently, GCM includes > 368 000 strains from 103 culture collections in 43 countries and regions. Analyzer of Bioresource Citation (ABC) is a data mining tool extracting strain related publications, patents, nucleotide sequences and genome information from public data sources to form a knowledge base. Reference Strain Catalogue (RSC) maintains a database of strains listed in International Standards Organization (ISO) and other international or regional standards. RSC allocates a unique identifier to strains recommended for use in diagnosis and quality control, and hence serves as a valuable cross-platform reference. WDCM provides free access to all these services at www.wdcm.org.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1093/nar/gkw903
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Field
DocType
Volume
Information system,Data information,Biology,China,Chinese academy of sciences,Information center,Library science,Genetics,Data center,Information infrastructure,Cloud computing
Journal
45
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
D1
0305-1048
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
3
17
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Linhuan Wu140.76
Qinglan Sun220.70
Philippe Desmeth320.37
Hideaki Sugawara4591264.11
Zhenghong Xu520.70
Kevin McCluskey620.37
david a smith7198.61
Vasilenko Alexander820.37
Nelson Lima920.37
Moriya Ohkuma1020.70
Vincent Robert1131.80
Yuguang Zhou1220.37
Jianhui Li1314631.34
Guomei Fan1420.70
Supawadee Ingsriswang15323.21
Svetlana Ozerskaya1620.37
Juncai Ma1720.37