Sources of microbial reference materials

Despite the importance of the microbiome in a wide array of human and environmental health settings, challenges remain in taking accurate and precise measurements of microbial communities. Challenges in measuring microbial communities can be partially addressed through the use of \"reference materials,\" which we interpret as any physical material that can be used for quality control, validation, diagnostics, and standardization in metagenomic, microbiome, or multi-omics workflows. As members of the International Microbiome and Multi'Omics Standards Alliance (IMMSA) Reference Materials Working Group, we collated a list of available sources of microbial reference material standards. Each entry in our list includes a description, type of material, availability, storage requirements, biosafety level, species richness, and more. Due to the geographical composition of the working group, the list of materials may be biased towards materials that are available in regions of North America and Wes..., See the README for a complete description, including information on references used to compile the spreadsheet. , , # Sources of microbial reference materials

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45z](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45z)

This datasheet lists sources and descriptions of microbial reference material standards, which we interpret as any physical material that can be used for quality control, validation, diagnostics, and standardization in metagenomic, microbiome, or multi-omics workflows. Each entry in our list includes a description, type of material, availability, storage requirements, biosafety level, species richness, and more.

## Description of the data and file structure

Our submission is a single datasheet. Each row in the datasheet corresponds to a microbial reference material standard, and each column corresponds to a specific descriptor for that standard. Cells list \"unknown\" (or are left blank) when it was not possible to find the needed information from publicly available provider descriptions. Information for spreadsheet v1.1 was collated in August 2022, and can be ...

尽管微生物组在诸多人类与环境卫生场景中均具有重要意义，但精准表征微生物群落仍面临诸多挑战。针对微生物群落测量难题，可通过采用参考材料 (reference materials) 部分缓解——本文将其定义为可用于宏基因组学 (metagenomic)、微生物组学 (microbiome) 或多组学 (multi-omics) 工作流程中质量控制、验证、诊断与标准化的各类实体材料。作为国际微生物组与多组学标准联盟 (International Microbiome and Multi'Omics Standards Alliance, IMMSA) 参考材料工作组的成员，我们整理了一份现有微生物参考材料标准的来源清单。清单中的每一条目均包含材料描述、材料类型、可获取性、储存要求、生物安全等级 (biosafety level)、物种丰富度 (species richness) 等信息。鉴于本工作组的地域构成，该材料清单可能偏向于北美及西欧地区可获取的材料。完整描述及编译本数据表所引用的参考文献详见README文件。

# 微生物参考材料来源
数据集链接：https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m63xsj45z

本数据表列出了微生物参考材料标准的来源与详细说明，我们将其定义为可用于宏基因组学、微生物组学或多组学工作流程中质量控制、验证、诊断与标准化的各类实体材料。清单中的每一条目均包含材料描述、材料类型、可获取性、储存要求、生物安全等级、物种丰富度等信息。

## 数据与文件结构说明
本提交内容仅包含一份数据表。数据表中每一行对应一款微生物参考材料标准，每一列对应该标准的一项特定属性。若无法从公开的供应商说明中获取所需信息，则单元格标注“未知”（或留空）。本数据表v1.1版本的信息整理于2022年8月，相关具体内容详见原文未展示部分。