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- Research Article | Ecological and Evolutionary ScienceHiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information
Cultivation in the laboratory is key for understanding the phenotypic characteristics, growth requirements, metabolism, and environmental preferences of bacteria. However, oftentimes, phenotypic information is not easily 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). We...