BacMap 3.0: a comprehensive knowledgebase of annotated bacterial genomes.

BacMap 3.0 integrates 32 866 genomes from 23 524 bacterial and archaeal species, linking >100 million genes to 1756 metabolic pathways and 45 284 metabolites in one interactive platform.

• Why it matters: Genome sequencing has expanded rapidly, but relevant data are fragmented across specialized databases, limiting comprehensive genome-to-function analysis.
• What they did: BacMap 3.0 consolidates genomic, functional, structural, metabolic, phenotypic, ecological, and phylogenetic layers into organism-specific “BacCards,” with interactive browsing and BLAST searches.
• The result: Compared with earlier visualization-focused releases, BacMap 3.0 increases organismal coverage by >13-fold, enabling integrated genome-to-function investigation across multiple biological scales.