Here we present the establishment of an open-access web-based repository for microbiological Raman spectroscopy data. The data collection, called ‘MicrobioRaman’ (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/MicrobioRaman/studies), was inspired by the great success and usefulness of research databases such as GenBank and UniProt. This centralized repository, residing within the BioStudies database¹ — which is maintained by a public institution, the European Bioinformatics Institute — minimizes the risk of data loss or eventual abandonment, offering a long-term common reference for analysis with advantages in accessibility and transparency over commercial data analysis tools. We feel that MicrobioRaman will provide a foundation for this growing field by serving as an open-access repository for sharing microbiological Raman data and through the codification of a set of reporting standards.

Despite the potential of Raman spectroscopy in microbiology, the reporting of analytical methods and data for microbiological systems has evolved in a haphazard manner, and progress in the field is hindered by the lack of both a set of standards for data reporting and a common database to deposit microbiological Raman data. Raman data from microorganisms is relatively complex to analyse because proper interpretation is dependent on biological context, experimental conditions and data processing.

在这里，我们介绍了建立一个开放访问的基于网络的微生物拉曼光谱数据存储库。该数据收集名为“MicrobioRaman”(https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/MicrobioRaman/studies)，其灵感来自于 GenBank 和 UniProt 等研究数据库的巨大成功和实用性。这个集中存储库位于由公共机构欧洲生物信息学研究所维护的 BioStudies 数据库¹内，最大限度地降低了数据丢失或最终放弃的风险，为分析提供了长期的通用参考，其可访问性和透明度优于其他数据库。商业数据分析工具。我们认为，微生物拉曼将通过作为共享微生物拉曼数据的开放访问存储库并通过编纂一套报告标准，为这个不断发展的领域奠定基础。

尽管拉曼光谱在微生物学方面具有潜力，但微生物系统的分析方法和数据的报告却以一种随意的方式发展，并且由于缺乏一套数据报告标准和通用数据库，该领域的进展受到阻碍。存放微生物拉曼数据。来自微生物的拉曼数据分析起来相对复杂，因为正确的解释取决于生物背景、实验条件和数据处理。