FAIRsharing record for: National Microbiology Data Center

This FAIRsharing record describes: II. National Microbiology Science Data Center(NMDC) was established in 2019 by the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The total amount of NMDC data resources exceeds 6PB, and the number of data records exceeds 5.2 billion, covering the whole life cycle of microbial research, including microbial resources, microbial and cross-technology methods, research process and engineering, microbiomics, microbial technology, microbial literature, patents, experts, and achievements. NMDC builds a systematic and comprehensive national microbial big data system through the construction of a series of key databases, covering global microbial strains classification and research, pathogenic microorganisms, microbiomes, and fungi, and provides information services and communication platforms for microbiology-related workers around the world. During the COVID-19 epidemic, NMDC developed Novel Coronavirus National Science and Technology Resource Service System, established a global scientific data release and sharing platform in the first time, and developed New Coronavirus Variation Evaluation and Early Warning System (VarEPS), which is the first system in the world to provide multi-dimensional risk assessment and early warning for known and virtual variants in the SARS-CoV-2 genome. Based on World Data Center for Microorganisms (WMDC) as a platform, NMDC advocated the Global Catalogue of Microorganisms (GCM) and Global Microbial Type Strain Genome and Microbiome Sequencing Project (GCM 2.0), which has effectively promoted the sharing and utilization of global microbial resources.