Name	Identifier	Title	Paper link	Species reps in dataset	Number of genomes in GlobDB r232
GTDB	GCA & GCF	GTDB: an ongoing census of bacterial and archaeal diversity through a phylogenetically consistent, rank normalized and complete genome-based taxonomy	https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab776	199923	199923
mOTU	MOTU40	The mOTUs online database provides web-accessible genomic context to taxonomic profiling of microbial communities	https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1004	124295	42566
SPIRE	SPIREOTU & SPECIV4	SPIRE: a Searchable, Planetary-scale mIcrobiome REsource	https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad943	107078	29737
GCMETA	GCMETA	gcMeta 2025: a global repository of metagenome-assembled genomes enabling cross-ecosystem microbial discovery and function research	https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1115	143000	24063
NGDC	GWH	All "direct submission" entries to the genomic warehouse (GWH) of the CNCB-NGDC (China National Center for Bioinformation / National Genomics Data Center)	NA	30433	13287
RBG	BCRBG	Bin Chicken: targeted metagenomic coassembly for the efficient recovery of novel genomes	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02901-1	38494	6780
TPMC	TPMCOTU	A genome and gene catalog of the aquatic microbiomes of the Tibetan Plateau	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45895-8	10723	5393
GEM	GEMOTU	A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0718-6	45599	4680
MGnify	MGYG	MGnify Genomes: A Resource for Biome-specific Microbial Genome Catalogues	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168016	56766	4187
TPMCS	TPMCS	Data-mining of sediment microbiomes of the Tibetan Plateau revealed a genomic repository of ancient lineages and adaptive evolution of Asgardarchaeota	https://doi.org/10.34133/research.1213	6232	3064
GOMC	GOMCOTU	Global marine microbial diversity and its potential in bioprospecting	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07891-2	24195	2500
SMAG	SMAGOTU	A genomic catalogue of soil microbiomes boosts mining of biodiversity and genetic resources	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43000-z	21078	2273
QXLSG	QXLSG	A deep metagenomic atlas of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau lakes reveals their microbial diversity and salinity adaptation mechanisms	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116483	2742	1635
CRBC	CRBC	Crop root bacterial and viral genomes reveal unexplored species and microbiome patterns	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.013	2330	1572
HOGU	HOGU	Expanded catalogue of metagenome-assembled genomes reveals resistome characteristics and athletic performance-associated microbes in horse	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01448-z	2339	1398
TPLM	TPLM	Functional traits and adaptation of lake microbiomes on the Tibetan Plateau	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01979-7	2422	1117
HRGM2	HRGMV2	A human gut metagenome-assembled genome catalogue spanning 41 countries supports genome-scale metabolic models\	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02206-1	4824	472
AMXMAG	AMXMAG	A comprehensive catalog encompassing 1376 species-level genomes reveals the core community and functional diversity of anammox microbiota	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122356	1377	465
TG2G	TG2G	A genome and gene catalog of glacier microbiomes	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-022-01367-2	968	277
PREC	PREC	A holistic genome dataset of bacteria, archaea and viruses of the Pearl River estuary	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01153-4	1205	261
cFMD	FMDMAG	Unexplored microbial diversity from 2,500 food metagenomes and links with the human microbiome	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.039	962	234
DAWW	DAWW	Metagenome-assembled genomes from microbial communities in lab-scale anaerobic bioreactors treating simulated dairy wastewater	https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00487-25	380	147
CRLG	CRLG	236 metagenome-assembled microbial genomes from rivers along a latitudinal gradient	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05888-8	236	82
MRGM	MRGM	MRGM: an enhanced catalog of mouse gut microbial genomes substantially broadening taxonomic and functional landscapes	https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2024.2393791	1524	59
SHGO	SHGOMAG	Compendium of 5810 genomes of sheep and goat gut microbiomes provides new insights into the glycan and mucin utilization	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01806-z	2298	44
SCSSF	SCSSF	Metagenome sequencing and 768 microbial genomes from cold seep in South China Sea	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01586-x	663	17