BacDive is a comprehensive resource containing diverse data on bacterial and archaeal strains, including taxonomy, morphology, physiology, sampling and environmental data and sequence information.

[6] Data for each strain is divided into the categories "Name and taxonomic classification", "Morphology", "Culture and growth conditions, "Physiology and metabolism", "Isolation, sampling and environmental information."

[7] Since 2023 high-quality predicted data produced using machine learning models trained on curated BacDive data can be found in an additional section titled "Genome-based predictions".

The GUI offers a simple search featuring auto-completion for searching strains by name, culture collection number, NCBI Tax ID or INSDC sequence accession number.

[10] Via the RESTful web service portal BacDive content can be accessed automatically (a free registration is needed).