Cortexa research tool·biomedical·bvbrc

BVBRC Search Genomes

Search for pathogen genomes in BV-BRC by organism name or keyword. Returns a list of matching genomes with metadata. Useful for finding bacterial or viral genome assemblies. Example: 'Staphylococcus aureus' returns all S. aureus genome assemblies.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 86msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 86ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "keyword": {
      "description": "Search keyword - organism name, strain, or pathogen. Examples: 'Staphylococcus aureus', 'Escherichia coli', 'Salmonella enterica', 'SARS-CoV-2'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results to return. Default: 10. Max: 100.",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "keyword"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default BVBRC Search Genomes call

public-safeinput

{
  "keyword": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_BVBRC_search_genomes
Tool name: BVBRC_search_genomes
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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