BacDive API

The Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase API provides strain-linked information about bacterial and archaeal biodiversity. No authentication required.

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Base URL: https://bacdive.dsmz.de/
Auth: unknown
Endpoints: 6
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:09:05.398632

Links

Homepage: https://bacdive.dsmz.de/
API Base: https://bacdive.dsmz.de/

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

244ms

Avg latency (7d)

10

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

GENOMICS, SCIENCE

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /v2/culturecollectionno/{culturecollectionno} Search by culture collection number — 200 202ms
GET /v2/fetch/{bacdive_id} Get strain details by BacDive ID — 200 251ms
GET /v2/sequence_16s/{seq_acc_num} Search by 16S sequence accession number — 200 194ms
GET /v2/sequence_genome/{seq_acc_num} Search by genome sequence accession number — 200 191ms
GET /v2/taxon/{genus} Search by genus — 200 232ms
GET /v2/taxon/{genus}/{species_epithet} Search by genus and species — 200 384ms